Looking for a place to drop this link, this seems as good a thread as any:
Oregon Finds Switching From Coal to Renewable Energy Is a Bargain
Replacing coal-fired electricity with ever-cheaper wind and solar power will raise utility rates just 0.1 percent by 2030.
That's not 0.1% a year, but over the 14 years. When I saw the landscape under these panels it was like going home:
Yup, McMinnville. That's what the hills look like in August.