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Originally Posted by Tinordi
Yep that terrible solar PV, Locke on Calgarypuck, has got it all figured out contrary to the hundred billion dollar solar PV industry, the scientists and researchers who have concluded that solar's lifecycle environmental footprint is less than half of other fossil fuels and a key component to the low carbon energy transition.
Renewable electricity made up 55% of global capacity additions in 2014. Of the 657 GW of variable renewables added globally last year solar PV made up a quarter of that new power capacity.
Utility scale solar PV costs have fallen by 50% since 2010. Yes from $4 per watt to $2.
The actual models that you decry being so expensive have dropped from $4 in 2007 to $0.50 in 2015 and is expected to drop to $0.35 in 2017.
But hey don't take it from me, take it from the IEA:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...rease-iea-says
In any case, we're done here. You're evidently incapable of actually discussing this without some angry vague verbiage to satisfy your priors that renewables are "bad". While you shake your fist at the clouds and peter12 thanks you for it, the renewable industry, governments, and the entire power system will thunder ahead. As the IEA projects, renewables to be the largest source of generation globally by 2035. |
Ha! You're right, we are done but because you are using righteous indignation to ignore the fact that I raised, what, 6 different issues concerning solar power and you kind of responded to one. A little.
But yeah, I'm the one who cant hold a reasonable discussion.
At least you managed...one post in response. Thats got to be a record for you. Usually you just disappear.