@rahmstorf Pardon my whatever, but isn't this just pointless distraction?
"A lot of my disagreement with the other guest revolved around a particular question: Is renewable energy (RE) cheaper than fossil fuels?"
Is eating lead cheaper than eating vegetables? Scientists say no, but let's dig in deeper and assemble a panel of people with opinions to dig into this important issue.
@rahmstorf this seems to ignore storage options, especially well understood ones like pumped hydropower. If you reframe the wind/solar excess as intermittent abundance, then using it for desalination and aquifer restoration fits in very well with dispatchable hydropower