The economics of energy is reaching a tipping point where renewables are beating conventional power such as coal, nuclear and gas. After this tipping point, markets will naturally shift investment out of old energy and into solar and wind and the divisive political bickering we have put up with in recent years will be ended. For example, the Lazard financial analysis firm has recently updated its analysis of energy costs in the US and found surprisingly great news about renewables. The long term cost (Levelized Cost of Energy) for wind power has halved in the last four years, down to 45-95 $/MWh of electricity generated. This means that the best wind resources are cheaper than all the conventional technologies: coal, 'baseload' has, peaking gas, nuclear and diesel. Lazard reiterates what other independent analysts have been saying about solar PV, which is that it is rapidly competing against conventional power.