Re:Solar and Batteries Make Up 81% of New US Electric-Genera...
by pfdietz on Friday March 01, 2024 @07:48AM
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When CO2 isn't being taxed, of course they don't jump directly into solar. It's like when emissions from a coal plant aren't penalized, they don't install scrubbers or filters. Never mind that the Clean Air Act caused reductions in emissions that were worth 40x the cost of the controls.
What you are just talking about there is that negative externalities are not controlled by market forces, but have to be regulated.
Maybe that says something about the business model, hm? About how easy or how useful or how successful such an attempt would be.
Armchair energy experts can say anything, claim anything. But follow the money, that tells you what can work and what can't.
Not saying it will never work. But for now, largescale solar is fraught with landmines. But I said that already and been ignored because it's easier to make wild claims than address hard realities.