In my quest for intuitive ways of understanding the relative costs of various forms of energy, kudos to the Financial Times for this graphic (and also a good article to go with it):
Financial Times energy cost graphic
Hat tip Gernot at Env-Econ.
Energy Cost Comparisons
The numbers look dodgy at least for electricity. Looking at Physics Today July issue on pp37 Leon Glicksman has in cents/kw-hr
Nuclear 4-7
Gas (combined cycle 4-6
Coal 4-8
Wind 3-8
Biomass 4-9
Solar thermal 12-18
Solar photovoltaic 20-80
If the figure were right, no one would burn coal, but oil/natural gas instead.