Wind and solar in Texas

[Old Rocks]

Renewables require storage thats another cost, they need to buy surplus when the wind stops and the sun goes down, another cost, the construction cost is high. Take away the tax subsidies more costs. They cost so much the government has to support them with your money.

Add it all up. LNG and nuclear are far less costly, dont need back up or storage or tax subsidies. Nuclear lasts 80 years. Wind turbines last 10 years that means they will have to charge more to cover the cost.

Why are you such a liar? Wind turbine life span;
20 to 25 years
The lifespan of wind turbines typically ranges from 20 to 25 years. With proper maintenance, some modern turbines can last up to 30 years or more. Regular monitoring and preventative maintenance can help extend their operational life. After their lifespan, many components can be repurposed or recycled.
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And then you replace the turbine and blades, because the steel tower is still there.

Natural gas, like the rest of fossil fuels, gets great subsidies.

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"During FY 2016–22, provisions in the tax code were the largest source of federal financial support. In FY 2016, the Internal Revenue Code (IRC)—with its 31 wide-ranging, energy-specific tax provisions—provided greater financial support to energy than direct expenditures, including R&D expenditures (Table A2 and Table A3). Total tax expenditures were 70% of the total federal financial support (Table 1). Since FY 2016, tax expenditures have continued to grow, rising to over 75% of total federal support in recent years. In FY 2021, this support dipped slightly to 65%.

Natural gas and petroleum-related subsidies became a net cost to the federal government. Natural gas and petroleum-related tax expenditures increased to $2.1 billion in FY 2022 to reverse a trend from an estimated revenue inflow (versus a positive tax expenditure) of $1.1 billion in FY 2016 and FY 2017; combined, these tax provisions had been, in aggregate, the largest energy-related, revenue-generating tax provisions to the government in any of the fiscal years covered in this report (Table A5)."

U.S. Energy Information Administration - EIA - Independent Statistics and Analysis

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When they can be replaced with lines capable of carrying a much larger load with less energy loss, every reason in the world. It is not only that we need more power, we also need more distribution capacity. I fail to see why you are so against upgrading our grid.

And keeping the old lines only adds to the capacity.

I didn’t say I was against it, dum dum.