On a level playing field without subsidies, we'd be in underdevelopped shitholes. The idea that a modern economy can grow without some agency being brought in somehow is utopia.
> where we can build solar and wind power generators at scale
How do you build those, without the decades of subsidies to ramp up production and decrease costs?
> they would pummel all the other energy sources on costs alone
They would collapse the existing grid. There's a reason why Germany is investing €450bn in its grid to support continued growth [1]. Batteries could make up for it, but scaling batteries won't happen without subsidies.
On a level playing field without subsidies, we'd be in underdevelopped shitholes. The idea that a modern economy can grow without some agency being brought in somehow is utopia.
> where we can build solar and wind power generators at scale
How do you build those, without the decades of subsidies to ramp up production and decrease costs?
> they would pummel all the other energy sources on costs alone
They would collapse the existing grid. There's a reason why Germany is investing €450bn in its grid to support continued growth [1]. Batteries could make up for it, but scaling batteries won't happen without subsidies.
[1]: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/germany-rejigs-sprea...