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Re:I’m in Wyoming to celebrate the next nuclear breakthrough by chemmail on Saturday May 06, 2023 @07:08AM (#35840177)
Analysis put covering the whole US with solar to cost about $5 trillion and the world about $65 trillion dollars. A lot, but it would pay for itself in about 5 years. The only blockade is all the people making all these trillions from the oil and all the power sources that make them all this money.
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Re:I’m in Wyoming to celebrate the next nuclear breakthrough by progrus on Saturday May 06, 2023 @07:44AM (#35840347)
We’re never giving you 5 trillion.
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Re:I’m in Wyoming to celebrate the next nuclear breakthrough by thinkcontext on Saturday May 06, 2023 @08:58AM (#35840911)
$5T sounds like a lot but it's spread over the lifetime of the panels, 20 years. What do utilities spend on capex and opex over 20 years.
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Re:I’m in Wyoming to celebrate the next nuclear breakthrough by ZeroGravitas on Saturday May 06, 2023 @09:05AM (#35840965)
People will loan it and be paid back, with interest.
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Re:I’m in Wyoming to celebrate the next nuclear breakthrough by mbgerring on Saturday May 06, 2023 @01:08PM (#35843287)
Who’s “we”, you and the mouse in your pocket? The solar industry is getting that money, one homeowner, building owner, or lot owner at a time. And then, over time, they earn a profit in the generated energy! Sorry you hate making money doing nothing!
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