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SirGlenn t1_iyvms5g wrote

Reply to comment by Truth_is_Liberal in Egypt to add 1.1 GW in solar, wind power with cheapest rates in Africa by darth_nadoma

We have plenty of flat hot desert landscape in the U.S. politics and greed is why the U.S. is so far behind in it's solar energy, when it should be at least in the top 5? several countries are occasionally reporting: "all the electricity used today, was solar or wind power"

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Truth_is_Liberal t1_iyvnjwa wrote

Oh my yes. We're so far behind where we could and should be in the US. Some people will say that the "economies of scale just weren't there," but that's reductive. The fact is, we've been subsidizing the wrong power sources for the last 30 years. Every single dollar spent on coal, LNG, or oil has not only been wasted, but I consider them "throwing good money after bad." That is, we've not only lost the missed tax revenue, but we've lost the potential gains from making the switch sooner.

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