You might be interested in research I did into the origins of the fracking revolution which resulted in radical price declines of oil & gas. It was cited by your colleague a few years back:https://t.co/UcKf8x8xGp

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) May 3, 2021

They wrote a follow-up story recently that you might have missed

“In the past few years, Chinese polysilicon manufacturers have increasingly shifted to Xinjiang, lured by abundant coal and cheap electricity for their energy-intensive production.”https://t.co/ufIN1kFwww

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) May 3, 2021

Every place that deploys renewables energies at scale makes electricity more expensive.

California has seen its electricity prices rise 7 times more than they did in the rest of the U.S. since 2011. pic.twitter.com/tWdCdTzDZs

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) May 3, 2021

After generating just 23% of its electricity from solar panels, California is suffering from blackouts and price spikes stemming from over-dependence on weather-dependent energies.

Imagine what tripling solar production would do. pic.twitter.com/lRwbDDMnMw

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) May 3, 2021

Another reason is because they require so much land:https://t.co/XP6Q2kNdn3

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) May 3, 2021

Still another reason is their unreliability

All in all, seven years after passage, consumers in the 29 states had paid $125.2 billion more for electricity than they would have in the absence of renewable energy mandates policyhttps://t.co/WnrqMJMD13

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) May 3, 2021