Talk:Cost competitiveness of fuel sources

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This is my first time trying to write an article. Basically I chose this topic because I researched alternative fuels and Hubbert's Peak when I was creating a lecture for high school students (I am currently taking classes to become a teacher). And I wanted to present some of what I learned to a broader audience. This being said, what I have written down on this page is too simplistic. The cost competetiveness of fuel sources is a complex topic to discuss and I feel that this article needs the attention of an expert on the subject or requires extensive research by other wikipidians. I hope that what I have contributed helps in this process. Eincrat 03:07, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This article's title is incorrect. If nothing else, it should be moved to cost competitiveness of fuel sources. I don't think this is really an encyclopedic article as it stands, though. This article appears to be doing original research by comparing costs in novels ways, or it is insufficiently cited. Maybe merge into an article on fuel costs? Tuf-Kat 04:20, 30 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

From what I read, the price of crude oil appears to be a benchmark in the industry, although I don't know all about it... When I was originally writing this I was planing on moving some information about fuel costs from other Wikipedia sites in order to make cost comparisons between the fuel sources easier to find. I have since descided to take on less ambitious projects until I get a better feel for Wikipedia. I am curious about what was wrong with the title though. Was I not supposed to capitalize???

Correct. See Wikipedia:Naming conventions. I'll move it, but please consider changing the title (you can move it too, there's a link on the left-hand side of the page). Tuf-Kat 01:45, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I definitely appreciate the help. I started to try and do the move myself but I was stopped as my account is too new. I could have requested a move but I felt I should try to get a consensus first. I wasn't sure how exactly to go about that process. Eincrat 13:27, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merge[edit]

After 13 years, this article is still essentially a glossary or dictionary definition which doesn't stand on its own. Let's merge this article, cost competitiveness of fuel sources, into Cost of electricity by source. Oliveleaf4 (talk) 14:51, 21 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Just delete it. 13 years ago a new author added what they thought was a meaningful topic, which is fine. It turns out they were mistaken about having identified a meaningful phrase, which is also fine. Let's delete the page and move on. Sampenrose (talk) 01:44, 2 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose The other article is exclusively about electricity costs. This article is about thermal fuels. They're not the same thing at all. GliderMaven (talk) 00:02, 3 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support Although not quite the same yet they are becoming much more similar with increased electrification. However if this merge proposal fails I would support deleting it as suggested above.Chidgk1 (talk) 16:48, 23 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Electrification does not make them the same in any way. A kWh of electricity is worth up to 3 kWh or even more of fuel; depending on how it is used. GliderMaven (talk) 17:20, 23 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Oliveleaf4 or @Chidgk1, would one of you please close this proposed merge? It's the first thing that 1,000 daily readers of the target page have seen for the last two months, which is not a good use of their attention. Sampenrose (talk) 18:40, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]