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Re:Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? by inglor_cz on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @04:33PM (#25281945)
AFAIK even getting solar electricity from Sahara to European part of the Mediterranean basin would be extremely expensive, and this is peanuts compared to the cost of sending electricity over the Pacific.

Unless there are massive improvements in superconductive materials, of course.

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Re:Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? by imtringued on Thursday December 03, 2020 @05:45AM (#25287638)
Couldn't they invest into hydrogen electrolysis? Hydrogen will grow in importance as an industrial energy input.

If saharan electricity is the cheapest then nobody else can compete in hydrogen production.

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