claim: Converting to these cleaner sources [ of energy ] may be somewhat costlier in the short term, but they could ultimately pay for themselves by heading off climate damages and reducing health problems associated with dirty air.
evidence: As most of renewable energy technologies provide electricity, renewable energy deployment is often applied in conjunction with further electrification, which has several benefits : electricity can be converted to heat ( where necessary generating higher temperatures than fossil fuels ), can be converted into mechanical energy with high efficiency, and is clean at the point of consumption.