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Re:We're going to need a lot of solar panels by Ekaros on Saturday July 23, 2022 @07:32AM (#32202365)
I'm not against them, but I think they should not be specially subsidised. Just pay what ever the market rate at the moment is. If it is not enough to cover investment too bad.
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Re:We're going to need a lot of solar panels by smallerfish on Saturday July 23, 2022 @08:07AM (#32202570)
Surely they should be at least as equally subsidized as other energy sources, with the cost of external cleanup perhaps also factored in?
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Re:We're going to need a lot of solar panels by LadyCailin on Saturday July 23, 2022 @08:45AM (#32202783)
That would be fine with me, if every energy source had to pay its own negative externalities.
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Re:We're going to need a lot of solar panels by Ekaros on Saturday July 23, 2022 @09:12AM (#32203011)
Will absolutely all of the externalities of mining, manufacturing and transport then be also applied to renewables?

Also, maybe if there is any risk of damage to surroundings like with hydro batteries there would be need to deposit amount of money that covers them fully.

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Re:We're going to need a lot of solar panels by oblio on Saturday July 23, 2022 @09:25AM (#32203125)
Yes, they should. Otherwise we'll just drown in a hot sea of shit, only 50 years down the line. Everything needs to be sustainable, kind of by definition.

But as with any problem, let's first start with the stuff causing the damage.

Let's get oil and gas and coal to pay for EVERY negative externality.

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Re:We're going to need a lot of solar panels by throwaway2037 on Saturday July 23, 2022 @11:27AM (#32204186)
You wrote: <<Just pay what ever the market rate at the moment is.>>

This is positive ridiculous. Are you serious in 2022? Your electricity is surely mostly sourced from hydrocarbons. Are you paying "true cost"? Surely not. If electricity was suddenly twice the cost due to carbon costs (which is probably the true environmental cost), you would be shouting from your windows to build more solar panels and wind turbines.

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