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Re:In a First, Solar Was Europe's Biggest Source of Power La... by ljlolel on Friday July 11, 2025 @02:25PM (#44535462)
Efficiency always matters. There’s always capex, ROI, and alternative opportunity costs for capital
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Re:In a First, Solar Was Europe's Biggest Source of Power La... by mrtksn on Friday July 11, 2025 @02:31PM (#44535510)
It's OK to be inefficient sometimes.
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Re:In a First, Solar Was Europe's Biggest Source of Power La... by speakfreely on Friday July 11, 2025 @08:09PM (#44538092)
Everyone feels this way until they personally have to pay more money for something.
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Re:In a First, Solar Was Europe's Biggest Source of Power La... by ceejayoz on Friday July 11, 2025 @09:05PM (#44538401)
Sure, but that can happen with too much efficiency, too. See, for example, supply chains during COVID. We had a very good handle on how much (for example) toilet paper we needed in normal times, and produced almost exactly that much.

Having some extra power generation capacity means you're not freezing to death in a cold snap or frying all the elderly in a heat wave.

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