The paradox, then, is this. There has been a long-standing consensus that the economic key to renewables winning out is being cheaper than fossil-fuel-based electricity; renewables successfully crossed this apparent Rubicon in the late 2010s, prompting delight that the chief obstacle had been dislodged. And yet, at the same time, the position is also widely held that governments reducing or removing economic support to renewables in the 2020s would have a deeply negative impact on new investment.
