[MotoSook]

How much to bring electricity from your wind solar and geothermal generation points to the homes? How much to maintain the farms and the lines?

Quote de sammyg2

Electricity from nukes costs about 2 cents per kwh. From natural gas or coal, about 4 cents per kwh. From wind, about 12 cents per kwh. From solar, about 16 cents per kwh. Hydroelectric is actually cheap until you factor in the cost of building the dam.

Sorry, that is reality.



If a country wants to pay 16 cents per kwh, they can go all renewable.

Pretty expensive bragging rights if you ask me.



How much is smug worth?

Once again the exaggeration. If you factor in the cost to build the nuke ,coal or natural gas it brings the price per KWH up considerably, Hydroelectric, Offshore -On shore wind farms and Geothermal share higher up front costs but virtually no operating cost. You will notice that I left out Solar, while it is a viable source of power generation it suffers from immaturity at this point.