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Solar panels

• latchkey 5y ago
  That's a good example! The technology hasn't really improved that much (it has, but not like TVs), but the cost to deploy solar panels has gone down significantly likely due to manufacturing improvements.
  • jsight 5y ago
    Hmm, not sure if I agree with that. I think the best panels back in 2000 were ~11% efficient. Today we are closer to ~24%? I mean, it isn't a fast improvement, but production for a given area has more than doubled in 20 years. And 11% was vastly better than just 10 years or so before that.