> when was the last time you heard someone talking about how cheap renewables are and discuss the CfD schemes
All the time? Every single HN discussion about this ends mentioning CfD, often as if it's some secret nobody knows about even though the CfD strike prices are often headline news when they're agreed.
I've basically only just seen this stuff started to be discussed critically in the media in fairly recent years.
not including $work discussions with energy traders.