News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’.

Re:Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’ by maallooc on Sunday October 18, 2020 @05:13AM (#24816494)
Okay, and that must include the expensive price and environmental concerns of maintaining ESS to ensure energy continuity, the price to run fossil fuel plants to prepare for cloudy days, expanding the power grid to remote solar locations, disposing used solar panels and inverters, chemicals and water to clean the panels, and many other hidden fees to make solar viable, right?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’ by crispyporkbites on Sunday October 18, 2020 @05:21AM (#24816535)
By that logic you should factor in the environmental costs of fossil fuels when calculating the costs of that.

But oops nope we don’t pay that now, we’ll just let future generations handle it.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’ by maallooc on Sunday October 18, 2020 @05:23AM (#24816552)
Umm yes we do? We factor in these costs to every energy source, at least in our country, and solar is not even remotely cheap.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’ by socialdemocrat on Sunday October 18, 2020 @05:41AM (#24816625)
No you don’t because if you did, fossil fuels would not have been competitive at all.

And if solar isn’t cheaper is you are getting ripped off or you live in a cloudy place or far north.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’ by crispyporkbites on Sunday October 18, 2020 @06:23AM (#24816780)
If we burn fossil fuels at scale for 1000 years, will the planet remain habitatable? Will the human race survive?

Did your country factor that into the costs of fossil fuels?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’ by fareesh on Sunday October 18, 2020 @05:27AM (#24816572)
Don't know why you are downvoted. As a layperson I have no idea what the correct answer is to this - i.e. once you factor in the manufacturing, replacement, maintenance, backup plant, batteries, etc. what is the net gain?
[ Parent | on HN ]