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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.

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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.
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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.

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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?

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