It now costs $50 to produce one megawatt-hour of solar energy. Coal, on the other hand, costs $102 per megawatt-hour to produce.

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[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

And the difference is made up by government subsidies because of powerful coal lobbyists over the centuries or something?

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I think the difference is that cost effective solar is not purchased and installed yet. There's certainly a missing piece to the puzzle.

[–]Sunflower 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

and I cyncially see it through the lense/filter of money as a grab to enduce all the innocent into buying solar. Do you not see the sun dimming underway boiling frogs???? Whaddya suppose that means for solar. ?