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Solar is cheaper than oil, and oil is essentially never used for electricity.

• gnabgib 1y ago
  Of the world's power 35% is coal (solid oil), 20% Gas/Natural Gas (gaseous oil), 3% oil (Wikipedia def'n).. 58% of our power is oil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electricity_production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electrici... Are you being particular about your definition of oil? Light Oil (C4-C12 aka "Gasoline"(NA) "Petrol"(EU)) is used for personal generation and backup power systems. Heavy oil (C9-C25 aka "Diesel") is regularly used for electricity, extensively used for backup power systems.
  • adrianN 1y ago
    I count three percent as negligible.
  • hn_throwaway_99 1y ago
    Redefining coal as "solid oil" and natural gas as "gaseous oil" is ludicrous. Coal, natural gas and oil are well-defined concepts that are not easily fungible in our energy infrastructure, so plopping them all together using your made-up language is silly.
    • gnabgib 1y ago
      GGP used oil to cover all fossil fuel based sources.. GP decided to focus on the word choice rather than the intent. 58% of the worlds power comes from fossil fuels.