It's about time for a little honesty, isn't it?
The greenwashers like to claim that switching to "clean energy" will save you money on your electric bill. If you don't think too much about it, you might believe it. And if you take it on blind faith, you'd think you support a switch to "clean energy," right? That's what you're supposed to think.
But, look at this:
The greenwashers like to claim that switching to "clean energy" will save you money on your electric bill. If you don't think too much about it, you might believe it. And if you take it on blind faith, you'd think you support a switch to "clean energy," right? That's what you're supposed to think.
But, look at this:
In this scenario, a zero-carbon electricity system would drive wholesale power costs of about $90 per megawatt-hour on average. That’s roughly three times higher than typical average prices today, but still much less than the estimated $135 per megawatt-hour for reaching zero-carbon in a system limited to state-by-state action alone.
It's not actually cheaper. It's just cheaper than what it will cost you if they don't try to mitigate their "clean energy" deal with trillions of dollars of new transmission (possibly in your back yard). That's like saying "I will mitigate cutting off your hand by giving you a band-aid afterwards." Or "I will grease the stick before I jam it up your nose." That makes it all better, right? If we only promise to mitigate the injury, it's just like the injury never even happened. They don't tell you about the actual injury, just about what it will look like with mitigation.
Except you're still going to be looking at a monthly electric bill that's THREE TIMES more than you're paying now.
I can't afford that. Can you?
Except you're still going to be looking at a monthly electric bill that's THREE TIMES more than you're paying now.
I can't afford that. Can you?
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