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Re:Falling panel prices lead to global solar boom, except fo... by ben_w on Thursday October 30, 2025 @02:39PM (#45763601)
"The product is cheaper" is why combustion engines were dominant over batteries and renewables for so long, and also why they're now being displaced so rapidly by them.
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Re:Falling panel prices lead to global solar boom, except fo... by WheatMillington on Thursday October 30, 2025 @03:00PM (#45763899)
Batteries were not a viable technology for a variety of reasons until recently. Cost is only one of a number of show-stopping problems with battery technology before circa 20 years ago.
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Re:Falling panel prices lead to global solar boom, except fo... by jonway on Friday October 31, 2025 @12:14AM (#45768361)
Electric cars were quite popular in the early history of automobiles. It wasn’t until internal combustion development proceeded (mechanical, and resource discovery) that the economics and value proposition flipped.

All the show-stopping problems you mentioned applied to internal combustion before.

Unless electrical generation gets less efficient somehow, the economics are trending back.

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