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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
Solar is good for remote power away from the power grid, tiny devices that power a few LEDs and covering the day time peak load. When you get even 10% of your electricity from solar it becomes a liability.
I'll defend coal because I like being the bad guy.
Coal provides at the very least affordable steel and concrete. The building blocks of civilization.
The only thing making those building blocks more expensive accomplishes is making poor people poorer.
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Somewhere, I have some materials that get into this issue. I'll see if I can locate those.
I remember 13% being kicked around, but it's 'dated' material, and Elon Musk has essentially made all those old arguments moot.