Australia

If you want to see a clown show when it comes to replacing fossil fuels with wind and solar just take a close look at Australia. The people have decided that climate change is a threat to the world and have demanded the change. For many years the country has used coal and had low cost electric energy. They have enough coal to last many years but have chosen to close down the coal plants, closing 12 since 2017 and scheduled to close the remaining 24 by 2034. Since they have not been able to replace this energy the cost for the average household has gone from 6 cents per kWhr to 30 cents so the bills are five times higher. As if to add insult to injury the people no longer want natural gas to be used and since the country has huge supplies they are exporting the gas. They have constructed export facilities to liquefy the gas for export rather than use the gas inside the country. Since wind and solar are not reliable some places are using natural gas to eliminate black outs and many of these are importing gas. They need 22,000 new windmills which will require 600,000 acres of land most of which will be cut down forest and 10,000 miles of new transmission lines. This transmission does not include the local distribution lines which will need thousands more miles. For each EV is the equivalent of a new house in the neighborhood so if each home has an EV then the distribution system must be doubled. Transmission cost currently represent 10% of the monthly electric bill and distribution cost 35% so these two items will increase the cost by 45%. Putting the final nail in the coffin Australians do not want any nuclear power. In all of this no mention of the environmental damage done by the mining, processing and disposal of the elements needed for wind and solar.