Wind and solar are about 5-10% right now, but they are just getting started.
You forgot to mention that wind and solar are subsidised by the .gov and are not self sufficient. The technology is not self supporting and either way the homeowner pays for it either through taxes or usage fee.
I'd rather stick worth dino iuice, it costs me a lot less in the end.
Just how subsidized are they? Way too much. The Bonneville Power Admin is a federal agency that controls the power production in the northwest. A few years ago, we had a high water year. During the spring runoff, the hydro dams along the lower Snake and Columbia rivers were producing more power than the grid could handle. There are 1000's of windmills along the Columbia. The grid couldn't handle their power so they had to shut down for a month. In most industries, if they overproduce, they shut down and take a hit until the market opens up of until their inventory drops. Not in this case. BPA paid them for the power they didn't produce while they were shut down, with our tax money, of course.
