Dem Pundits,
I will say this nicely once and only once. Either prepare with facts & stats or else get the F**K away from a studio. This happened in Hillary’s campaign and it is happening now. Republicans will come up with a quasi-stat and Democrat Pundits will respond not with facts but with meaningless BS.
Take the following exchange in CNN on Erin Brunett:
Jason Miller made the following statement
“The reason they call them green jobs is because they’re so expensive to create,” he said. “Many of these green jobs aren’t self-sustainable — they have to continue putting money into them.”
John Avlon didn’t respond to this at all and instead went into some politics and messaging BS.
To me, WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH DEMOCRATS WHO CANNOT BRING FACTS TO SUCH A SIMPLE DEBATE. That statement can be easily refuted with facts:
- Wind is the cheapest power in United States today. PERIOD!!!! Wind costs between $32 to $62 per MWh and only the recent solar installations come close to these costs.
- Solar Power at scale is cheaper than Coal. PERIOD!!! Unsubsidized Solar Power (Thin Film) costs $46 to $56 per MWh. Coal costs between $57 to $148 per MWh
- Unsubsidized Thin Film Solar Power costs between $46 to $56 per MWh. Gas combined cycle costs $42 to $85 per kWh
In Sep 2016, Dubai sold 350MW capacity to a group that bid for $24.2 per MWh. It is not an aberration. In Feb 2017, India sold 750 MW capacity at $42.1 per MWh. Chile sold 120 MW capacity for $29.2 per kWh.
China will add 110 GW of Solar power in 2016-20. India wants to add 40 GW of Solar by 2020. US lags both these countries.
Imagine Middle America hearing these arguments and seeing a fact based Democrat analyst providing arguments in opposition to random data points thrown around by Republicans