1. Renewable Energy is too Expensive
Ashley Somers
Sonia Uppal
Tyler Saunders
August Edwards

2. What the science says…
When you account for the effects which are not reflected in the market price of fossil fuels, like air pollution and health impacts, the true cost of coal and other fossil fuels is higher than the cost of most renewable energy technologies.

3. Coal
Coal is the most widely utilized source of energy. People are drawn to the affordability of the resource
Coal prices are also artificially low
Government subsidized coal prices
Price does not account for medical
costs or environmental costs that
coal attributes to
Coal prices are said to be raised
In the future

4. Price Comparison
Once renewable energy is more mainstream, prices will decrease.
In this transition towards alternative energy, it will still be necessary to depend on unsustainable resources to cushion the economy.

5. Recommendations
Raise awareness of the availability of renewable and sustainable resources
Energy policies need to be set
Incentives to avoid greenhouse gas, such as carbon capture storage, subsidies for renewable resources,
Fund-generating methods
Mutual investment funds for clean energy

6. Conclusively…
Although we do not pay the repercussions of using unsustainable, unrenewable resources (such as loss of biodiversity, pollution, and health risks) right away, it is in the inevitable future and we should work to move away from that.

7. Works Cited
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