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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by sbierwagen on Thursday January 14, 2021 @01:46PM (#25780396)
Spending 58 trillion on solar panels would probably induce some pretty good economies of scale, too. What kind of volume discounts do you get on a 15 digit purchase order?
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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by wolco5 on Thursday January 14, 2021 @02:10PM (#25780756)
And increase the base price of materials to outset gains but hopefully create a scale for materials that reduces price over time.
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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by dumbfounder on Thursday January 14, 2021 @02:09PM (#25780745)
@mywittyname Nay, you MAKE the factories.
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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by mywittyname on Thursday January 14, 2021 @02:03PM (#25780654)
I assume at that point you just buy the factories.
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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner by stickfigure on Thursday January 14, 2021 @02:12PM (#25780783)
At that scale you have to buy the factories that make the factories.
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