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>>10490503
>Renewable energy industry does not need climate change to sell their product.
They do need the subsidies to make it more attractive. Wind and solar are the most subsidized renewables, and in the US, their tax incentives exploded in the last decade (pic).
Also do note that the Swedish method used ~10% wind and solar, because it was easier/cheaper to use other ways.

Germany spent untold subsidies on wind and solar, and the result was a doubled price of wholesale energy that was beaten down mainly on the already poor. This does not change the fact that billions of tax dollars/euros were given to companies making/installing these systems.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/high-costs-and-errors-of-german-transition-to-renewable-energy-a-920288.html

>>10490513
Why is nuclear out of the question?
Look, the truth is that you can't run a country with wind and solar, and biomass is essentially just burning trees. After a point, you'll simultaneously protest to do something, and against all things that work.
The German system I mentioned above resulted in their restarting their coal fired plants as well, so where do you go from here?