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I completely agree. With our current infrastructure/technology it clearly makes sense to focus on electric motors for transportation. I just feel it's importan
by shuntress 9y ago
I completely agree. With our current infrastructure/technology it clearly makes sense to focus on electric motors for transportation.
I just feel it's important to stay grounded in reality. Energy has to come from somewhere.
We are clearly much closer to clean generation of electricity than to clean synthesis of gasoline.
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- toomuchtodo 9y agoI will come back with a link when I'm not mobile, but solar just hit a new low cost at 65 cents/watt in India. EDIT: https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Solar-Costs-Are-Hitting-Jaw-Dropping-Lows-In-Every-Region-of-the-World https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Solar-Costs-Are... Energy has to come from somewhere, but we are awash in clean enegy.
- pmoriarty 9y ago65 cents/watt is cheap? I'm paying about 216 times less than that for electricity from my electric company.
- toomuchtodo 9y agoInstall cost, not ongoing per kwh. Cost per kwh generated comes out to be between 1-2 cents.
- pmoriarty 9y agoI stand corrected. I was in fact thinking of the watt/hour price, not the install price. At a price of 1 to 2 cents per kwh, that comes out to about 177 to 354 times cheaper than what I'm paying for electricity from my electric company.
- detaro 9y agoAre you maybe think about prices per Watt hour you are paying? 65 cents/watt is a measure how much the module costs to buy per rated output power, not for an unit of energy (obviously, from the units).