The Cost of Renewable Energy in the 20th Century

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If you double renewable energy, it will probably lead to benefits worth about 480 billion dollars a year for the worl. But the cost will be about 580 billion dollars. For every dollar spent, you will only deliver about 80 cents of benefits. That's a pretty bad investment, spending a dollar and only achieving 80 cents. It does not mean that there are not great things to do in energy as well. We know ft in the same sort of vein, if you focus on a paris agreement kind of approach.

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Hosted by Greg McKeown
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Executive Produced by Greg McKeown, Brent Montgomery, Ed Simpson and Derrial Christon