If renewables are now so cheap, why do they still need government subsidies and mandates?
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Now your beginning to think like an economist (a compliment in my circles, believe if or not) A great way to make it easy for people to take into account the costs and benefits of alternatives (including externalities) is with Pigouvian taxes:https://taxfoundation.org/tax-basics/pigouvian-tax/ …
Ha. I've been thinking like an economist all along, and if you discount the anti-CO2 hysteria, you'll come to the same conclusions I have. The problem is the hysterics that don't know Econ 101, and the economists that don't speak up against their antics.
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So you think we should have a larger Pigouvian tax on coal and oil to accelerate the switch to cleaner sources like most economists do? I was literally at a conference of economists this morning where this was discussed. Here's a good list:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigou_Club
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Here's another example of what economists think about carbon taxes: https://www.igmchicago.org/surveys/carbon-taxes-ii/ … I hope you are in step with the overwhelming majority of economists, but it doesn't sound like you are.
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