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Fri, 9th Oct 2020 22:01:00 |
Renewable Energy vs Fossil Fuels |
If you’re like 77% of Americans [1], you may think that it’s more important to develop infrastructure for renewable energy, rather than continue to find and extract fossil fuels. However, just because you know we need to develop alternative energy sources, you may not understand fully why, or which types will be the most sustainable.
Today, we’re going to look at the differences between renewable energy sources and fossil fuels, why most people believe in a future fueled by renewable energy, and what that will actually mean for the world we live in.
Are renewable resources more expensive than fossil fuels?
Although renewable resources are initially expensive to install, renewable energy is generally cheap to use. Sources like solar and wind can produce energy “for free” for the duration of the panel or turbine’s life. Fossil fuels build up constant costs because they have to be found, extracted, and transported to power plants to be used.
In fact, after construction, many solar energy projects can generate power at about half the cost of fossil fuels, and this is projected to get cheaper in the future as solar power becomes more common.
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