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Cost of solar panel is dropping every year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swanson%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swanson%27s_law The question is not whe
by jakozaur 11y ago
Cost of solar panel is dropping every year:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swanson%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swanson%27s_law
The question is not whether you can get cheaper once, but whether you can be cheaper and maintain that advantage by improving each year.
- astrodust 11y agoStrange parallels to Bitcoin mining where you're worried your rig might not pay for itself before faster mining hardware comes out that pays better.
- tyho 11y agoWith exponentially increasing efficiency, when is the ideal to invest? This is solved by a "wait calculation"[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wait_Calculation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wait_Calculation
- VLM 11y agoSwanson's Law is much more realistic than the simplistic linear extrapolation from the linked article which shows negative prices by 2030.