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Re:The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan (2006) by jessriedel on Sunday March 03, 2013 @02:44AM (#5312891)
As I said elsewhere, I believe there is much more wind and solar energy each than humanity's power demands. It's not a question of total energy, it's a question of cost. And my intuition says that wind would be cheaper because it is of higher density. And in fact wind is significantly cheaper in the current situation where renewable sector is so small that variability and storage isn't an issue.
Re:The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan (2006) by maxerickson on Sunday March 03, 2013 @09:51AM (#5313892)
Wind technology seems quite a bit closer to the best possible implementation than solar, so I would expect more improvement in solar pricing than wind pricing.

If solar improves enough, the capital increments become people going to home depot to buy a 1 kW panel.