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Re:Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful by bpodgursky on Saturday July 10, 2021 @10:13PM (#27797981)
Well really, if solar keeps getting cheaper and better, electricity will get cheaper too.

(I don't mean to deter you, I dropped 20k on home solar, but it wasn't really for the economics).

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Re:Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful by Ekaros on Sunday July 11, 2021 @06:12AM (#27799702)
It's interesting thing to consider really. As solar gets cheaper also the cost of electricity generated when solar power is available gets cheaper. So it might even make sense not to install it yourself, but instead buy it when there is inevitable over production. And price at those times might as well be zero.
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Re:Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful by minitoar on Saturday July 10, 2021 @10:38PM (#27798088)
Maybe not, given Jevons paradox. Bitcoin is almost a pure manifestation of this.
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