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I don't know how things work in India, but it seems to me that big government backed projects in India don't quite work out. The great thing about solar is NOT

I don't know how things work in India, but it seems to me that big government backed projects in India don't quite work out. The great thing about solar is NOT depending on government. If government puts the right regulation in place, that allows people to locally build solar cells on their houses, farms etc then that it where the great potential for solar power is. Not being dependent on central authorities doing their job. Solar scales down so much better than coal and that is its real advantage for developing countries with weak governments and lots of red tape.

hackuser 11y ago
> it seems to me that big government backed projects in India don't quite work out > The great thing about solar is NOT depending on government We have these theories on the one hand, and the evidence of solar's success in India as a government program on the other. I'll take empirical evidence over hypothesis.
thetruthseeker1 11y ago
In general I understand the principle of the argument, that the government is not as driven as private sector because there is strong incentive structures in private companies. But with some good management decent incentive structures in govt, it can also work. Case in point, the some of the Indian banks which were nationalized, the Indian railways(the largest rail network in the world), and in many Indian States govt. diary companies have worked decently well as well.