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martyb
on Sunday May 24 2015, @08:12PM
from the price-of-sunlight-and-wind-is-pretty-constant dept.
from the price-of-sunlight-and-wind-is-pretty-constant dept.
Over the last 5 years, the price of new wind power in the US has dropped 58% and the price of new solar power has dropped 78%. Utility-scale solar in the West and Southwest is now at times cheaper than new natural gas plants. Even after removing the federal solar Investment Tax Credit of 30%, a recent New Mexico solar deal is priced at 6 cents / kwh. By contrast, new natural gas electricity plants have costs between 6.4 to 9 cents per kwh, according to the EIA.
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(Score: 1) by KGIII on Monday May 25 2015, @04:42PM
If you wed and/or have offspring does the head of household control the KW? What about the mentally ill, who controls their allotment? And the homeless? The poor? And many more... How can you say how much of the Sun's energy I can have? Taking more does not deplete it. IOW I think your idea is bad and you should feel bad for suggesting it. Utopia will never happen. Enlightenment can not be had by the entire populace - I cite Buddha and the TeaParty as my evidence. You can not force enlightenment without a police state and a surveillance state - I will not accept either and am willing to fight against it as are many others. One authoritarian regime is not better than another regardless of what you think are my best interests.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."