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darth_avocadotoday at 6:30 PM3 repliesview on HN

> Make Solar Energy Economical

Isn’t it already?


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glensteintoday at 7:31 PM

Definitely pretty far along imo. But maybe they consider the progress bar to be at 75% or 80% rather than 100%.

Marha01today at 7:24 PM

Not enough. The more economical it is, the better.

frollogastontoday at 7:33 PM

People on HN keep saying it is, but I'm still not seeing it. Companies are building datacenters in vast, sun-blasted deserts and still choosing to power those with natural gas. This in turn makes people complain about emissions pledges being reversed, but if it were economical, no pledge would be needed.

Of course, USA has cheaper oil/gas than other countries. But if you look elsewhere, rich countries are subsidizing solar, poor ones are basically not using it.

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