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Yeah, I realized that he was talking about rooftop installs, but the bulk of that cost is in the panels, and the unit cost decrease of manufacturing those shoul
by ericd 16y ago
Yeah, I realized that he was talking about rooftop installs, but the bulk of that cost is in the panels, and the unit cost decrease of manufacturing those should fall roughly in step with industrial panels. My main point was that it was a long way to fall, 5-8% at a time, or even double that, if you make some very favorable assumptions.
The article did make a point of saying that they would reach cost parity by 2013, and I'm fairly sure that they were intentionally glossing over facts to make their article more linkbait-worthy.
That solar/wind continue to be championed by the media is keeping the public from taking seriously the fact that we don't have that many realistic options when it comes to getting off fossil fuels besides nuclear.