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Will the equatorial countries have the skilled workers, raw resources, logistical infra (roads etc) required to run the plant? Energy is not the only thing you

by doikor 7y ago

Will the equatorial countries have the skilled workers, raw resources, logistical infra (roads etc) required to run the plant? Energy is not the only thing you need to run a plant. I doubt prices will never reach $0.01/kWh. At least here in Finland transmissions fees are a larger part of the bill then the energy itself already. So unless every plant builds an absolutely massive solar farm next to it (and never plans to sell its overproduction from the day) the network fees alone will be much more then that.

pfdietz 7y ago
Why should they not? Is this something that dark skinned countries cannot do? I think your position there is showing a thinly cloaked racism. I suspect much anti-solar talk has that as a motivation. The idea that white skinned boreal countries will become the future's "third world" may be intolerable.
- maxibon98 7y ago
  Dude I'm really stunned, you guys were talking about energy, industry, Economics, but how did that turn into racism? you scare me wow
- AnthonyMouse 7y ago
  The idea that white skinned boreal countries will become the future's "third world" is pure fiction. The third world is characterized by not having, for example, a functioning transportation infrastructure. If Finland can't realistically charge their cars from solar and their choice is between paying somewhat more per kWh than Venezuela by using nuclear or some other non-photovoltaic power generation method vs. not continuing to have a transportation infrastructure, they're not going to stop having a transportation infrastructure. And it's a damn stretch to frame this as a racial issue. You can expect places like India and Mexico to benefit from cheap solar, but only to about the same extent as "white people" places like the US and Australia. You would have to be an especially silly racist to hang your racial animus on solar power when you can reasonably expect more of the industry to set up shop in Arizona than Zimbabwe.
manicdee 7y ago
As cost of living rises, more people will migrate to cheaper countries, including the skilled labour that moves with their spouses to a country more favourable to raising a family. The people left behind will be the poor who can’t afford to relocate and the excessively wealthy who don’t care about living expenses.

by doikor 7y ago

pfdietz 7y ago

Why should they not? Is this something that dark skinned countries cannot do? I think your position there is showing a thinly cloaked racism. I suspect much anti-solar talk has that as a motivation. The idea that white skinned boreal countries will become the future's "third world" may be intolerable.

maxibon98 7y ago
Dude I'm really stunned, you guys were talking about energy, industry, Economics, but how did that turn into racism? you scare me wow
AnthonyMouse 7y ago
The idea that white skinned boreal countries will become the future's "third world" is pure fiction. The third world is characterized by not having, for example, a functioning transportation infrastructure. If Finland can't realistically charge their cars from solar and their choice is between paying somewhat more per kWh than Venezuela by using nuclear or some other non-photovoltaic power generation method vs. not continuing to have a transportation infrastructure, they're not going to stop having a transportation infrastructure. And it's a damn stretch to frame this as a racial issue. You can expect places like India and Mexico to benefit from cheap solar, but only to about the same extent as "white people" places like the US and Australia. You would have to be an especially silly racist to hang your racial animus on solar power when you can reasonably expect more of the industry to set up shop in Arizona than Zimbabwe.

manicdee 7y ago

As cost of living rises, more people will migrate to cheaper countries, including the skilled labour that moves with their spouses to a country more favourable to raising a family. The people left behind will be the poor who can’t afford to relocate and the excessively wealthy who don’t care about living expenses.