You shouldn’t care about either of those things. Where we make things that last for decades once built is vastly less important to NatSec the fuel you have to use (or not) to generate every single kWh. To conflate opex & capex is just to shill for fossil fuel.

And I feel compelled to make the regular prebuttal to anyone arguing that wind, solar, battery, etc technology depends on overseas inputs: the US hasn’t manufactured steam turbine casings in years. Which are needed for every coal plant and combined cycle gas turbine.

There is no better way to insulate yourself from global oil & gas price volatility than to invest in technologies that generate useful heat & power without any oil & gas input. The Trump WH attack on renewables is a direct attack on your economic security.