Isn't that the plan — make conventional energy so expensive that it forces people into Solar and Wind? It makes solar more compelling because conventional energy sources are unavailable or horrendously expensive.
Restricting supply would do this.
1. no to coal.
2. no to nat gas.
3. no to nuclear.
4. no to hydroelectric.
Kind of paints us into a corner.
Better start investing in lumber, log splitters, Vermont Castings, sounds like everyone is going to need a wood burning stove.
Gather around the campfire, kids. All 7 billion of you.
Supplementing your normal source of power with solar and wind units is generally not cost effective enough to bother with. Small nuke plants are the way to go, especially when reprocessing fuel that’s going to be “hot” for 10,000 years anyway. An aircraft carrier is a self-contained small city and can be powered by a unit that would fit in your garage, and maintained by well trained 25 year-olds.