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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by rmuesi on Friday July 12, 2019 @05:51PM (#20424846)
>wholesale energy cost is only about $0.02 per KW/H

Doesn’t this contradict the oft repeated news that solar is so much cheaper than our predominantly oil generated power?

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Re:Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil ... by cortesoft on Friday July 12, 2019 @07:04PM (#20425305)
Even a fraction of a penny drop in that price will mean a lot of value given how many KW/H our society consumes.
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