The Climate, Environment and Energy Thread

[DJC]

Using these flaky numbers to calculate costs of power generation is a bit flawed. For instance every renewable doesn't calculate based on retiring and the carbon footprint to manufacture.  Apparently you can make renewable energy with no pollutants. 

Meanwhile over at nuclear energy land how many carbon offsets need to be calculated to gather the cost of said energy?

Oh look, one is more expensive than the other.

Its a junk comparison IMHO and fails to tell the story.

Whole-life cost (WLC) is just that Thry.  It includes planning cost, initial cost, operational cost, maintenance burden and eventual deconstruction and disposal costs.