“But here’s one unavoidable reality: the ongoing operational costs, in the form of the never ending need to purchase and consume natural gas, doesn’t apply to renewable energy, and that alone always makes fossil fuels electricity generation inherently more expensive over time”…
…seems intuitive. Glad to see you have validated it with your research.
Also this: “(pollution and health, and greenhouse gas and climate change) are other aspects of the real higher costs of fossil fuel electricity generation…”
Debates over relative energy costs of EV vs ICE cars often conveniently overlook these human and economic costs.