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Rather sad to me that none of these price drops seem to trickle down. Hurray for more solar farms but it would nice if the price of a backpack solar panel was a
by causality0 3y ago
Rather sad to me that none of these price drops seem to trickle down. Hurray for more solar farms but it would nice if the price of a backpack solar panel was a dollar less than it was a decade ago.
- nico_h 3y agoIt practically did thanks to inflation.
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- ZoomerCretin 3y agoWages don't rise with inflation. The price of everything rising 20% doesn't affect the price of things that don't.
- throwaway32908 3y agoSee here or the .gov link from it if you prefer https://www.multpl.com/us-median-income/table/by-year https://www.multpl.com/us-median-income/table/by-year Regardless of whether wages match inflation completely or how long they take to do so, the fact is that if solar panels cost the same in dollars as they did 10 years ago, the average person's wage buys more of them. You could counter-argue that other things gone up by so much that despite this, people have less money to spare for solar panels. But given that solar panels are competing with some of those things, importantly fossil fuels, it's still important to be clear that they are getting cheaper - as the trend continues a solar panel pays for itself more and more quickly.
- eternityforest 3y agoI don't remember what the price was a decade ago, but something like a 60W folding panel these days often goes on sale for really cheap, like, under $2 a watt. The backpacks with built in panels are still expensive because I'm guessing it's hard to find customers who want to be in direct sunlight long enough to get significant charge, while carrying a backpack.
- dntrkv 3y agoThere are 100W folding panels for under $100. As you get into the range of smaller panels, you see less savings due to overhead, demand, etc.