Solar Just Hit a Record Low Price In the U.S.
Posted by glen from earther.com
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“On their face, they’re less than a third the price of building a new coal or natural gas power plant,” Ramez Naam, an energy expert and lecturer at Singularity University, told Earther in an email. “In fact, building these plants is cheaper than just operating an existing coal or natural gas plant.”
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MacTexas 6 years, 4 months ago
Can anyone give me an example of the worst impact of climate change? Climate change is a computer model, change one variable and the entire model changes.
"All this is good news, but the transition away from fossil fuels towards renewables needs to happen even faster to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. "
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glen 6 years, 4 months ago
I see your point, and the article is from a source that is definitely biased to conservation, etc.
I was more interested in the fact that industry-wide solar is becoming a much cheaper option. I'm looking to switch to a solar setup myself, but mainly for the overall savings.
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jordan 6 years, 4 months ago
Westar wants to change things that could effectively nix the overall savings of solar- https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article213920754.html">https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article213920754.html
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glen 6 years, 4 months ago
Worststar has done some questionable things in the past. While I've not done enough research on this particular change to have an opinion, it's usually a safe bet to assume they're doing something shiesty.
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