> If it were true free market forces would already gone 100% solar because the purpose of energy companies is to make money. I’m not going to speak on whether

> If it were true free market forces would already gone 100% solar because the purpose of energy companies is to make money. I’m not going to speak on whether solar truly is the cheapest form of energy as I have no idea whether or not that is the case. But I’m going to suggest that one of your premises is wrong: we don’t have a true free market in energy — see all of the subsidies that gas, oil, and coal companies have gotten (for quite some time). Yes, solar gets subsidies, too, but comparing a relative newcomer to entrenched players makes this a lot less clear of a picture than you’re painting. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel_subsidies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel_subsidies