Environment & Energy
In reply to the discussion: The Renewable Energy Reality Check [View all]Benton D Struckcheon
(2,347 posts)as I don't know your posting history, but I get the feeling pro-nuclear? Am I right?
Anyway, the credit is merely temporary, and if we compare it to what the USG does for, let's say, housing, or defense, which is a vastly expensive subsidy to make the non-economically viable parts of the country look like the ones that are, is ridiculously cheap. All it does is allow the per unit cost to come down. In another year or two it won't be needed at all. Not that it will be stopped at that point, but it won't be needed to allow the industry to continue growing. You're fighting human ingenuity, which is always a losing battle.
"Dispatchable" = battery storage. GE is already selling turbines with same. It increases the profit the operator of the turbine can make. Capitalism in action. Like I said, a losing battle on your part.
I'll address nuclear if I guessed right.