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Why do you prefer wind to solar?
by barney54 7y ago
Why do you prefer wind to solar?
- eru 7y ago'All electricity markets' is probably a bit overblown. For Europe north of the alps, there's not that much sun, but often plenty of wind.
- ajross 7y agoIt's cheaper and faster to build out, lasts longer once installed, is usually easier to find sites for, and can be built with almost completely local manufacturing and labor. There's nothing wrong with solar, but wind is better from a "where should the subsidy dollars be spent" perspective.
- eru 7y agoEven better: don't spend any subsidy dollars at all. Use a carbon tax to turn climate policy into a money spinner instead of a money sink, and let the market figure out how to generate power. (In political practice, it seems easier to throw around subsidy dollars, alas.)