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Something people always forget when factoring solar is the cost of having the standby natural gas plant capacity that has to be ready to take over that 1 GW whe
by barbacoa 5y ago
Something people always forget when factoring solar is the cost of having the standby natural gas plant capacity that has to be ready to take over that 1 GW when the sun stops shining. Having a plant sit idle isn't much cheaper than having it running.