Wind is the Cheapest Power Source in the World, Report Says

treehugger.com 02 Oct '12, 11pm

Wind is the Cheapest Power Source in the World, Report Says

Electricity generated by wind farms might just be the cheapest in the world. IF, that is, you take into account the myriad costs that polluting energy sources like coal impose on public health. Those costs, after all, are very real: we're just so used to giving the coal, oil, and gas industries a free ride that they seem not to belong in the equation. The cost of electricity is the number that shows up on our monthly utility bill, and that's that, we think. Not so: those fossil fuel industries produce plenty of pollution that adversely impacts the public at large — and pay zilch for it. Anywho, the grist for restating this fact — I've discussed the true cost of fossil fuels in various posts here , as well as on certain cable TV shows — is a study from German researchers highlighted by Deutsche Welle that concludes that wind is the cheapest power source in the world. From t...

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