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Diesel has a consumable that must be purchased when the pump is run. With solar, there's presumably less difference between "run the pump 24/7" and "only run t
by ethbr1 3y ago
Diesel has a consumable that must be purchased when the pump is run.
With solar, there's presumably less difference between "run the pump 24/7" and "only run the pump when cost efficient."
It's essentially the same argument in favor of solar power generation. Fossil fuel generation = plant-capital-cost + fuel-per-generated-unit. Solar generation = plant-capital-cost + negligible-wear-per-generated-unit.
- h0l0cube 3y agoEven still, solar has just enabled agriculture on places and on margins that it wasn't viable before. Agriculture itself is also an enabler of the problem, but not the actual problem of the moment. The real problem is how do we, on limited resources, feed a global population that is increasing in size and wealth (and attendant waste)?
- pstrateman 3y agoThe water being pumped is basically a battery. So it's much more effective than solar is on the normal grid.