Alternatively, as renewables themselves are built using fossil fuels, the renewables go up in cost as well as the underlying fossil fuels, and the entire thing, for all its claims of cheaper, still costs the consumer more.
The main factor in the cost of renewable installations isn't energy, and in any case, there is no reason why the energy needed couldn't be renewable.
So...cheap....to who? Those who can afford it? Or those who can't?
Renewables aren't cheap to the consumer. And certainly some consumers have trouble already with paying their electricity bills. But the solution doesn't have to be lowering electricity bills. Reducing electricity usage also works.
I have no expectations that claims of lower costs of renewables will be passed on to consumers. I just see it claimed, and you appear to be defending the idea that they are indeed cheaper, and I am wondering...cheaper for who?
I'm defending that renewables are cheaper than they used to be, and that means cheaper for the installers.
You appear to have angled towards renewables are indeed cheaper, I have been asking if you have examples we can discuss, because I am having difficulty finding them.
Some info about renewable power generation costs declining over time:
https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRE ... DC605E0CCA