[ExI] Further ranting on power sat

[Eugen Leitl]

On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 09:47:49PM -0700, Keith Henson wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 1:26 PM,   Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> wrote:
> 
> > Sorry, this is incorrect. New solar is cheaper than new
> > nuclear
> >
> > https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=solar+cheaper+than+new+nuclear&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=ubuntu&channel=fs
> 
> In that cased, you should correct this:

Somebody is wrong on the Internet? Sorry, no longer can
care enough https://xkcd.com/386/
 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_electricity_by_source#Estimates
> 
> And the US government report on which it is based
> 
> http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/electricity_generation.cfm
> 
> You might also inform Dr. David MacKay that his concerns are unfounded.

I can tell you that the costs for renewable are only going down, while
the costs for nonrenewable are only going up. It doesn't take a genius
to figure out where this is going.