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Old 04-16-2019, 02:17 PM   #239
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Originally Posted by Scornfire View Post
The upfront investment vs uninspiring RoI and land procurement would be a concern, as the technology is still bulky tbh. I don't imagine any utility companies would take the plunge unless/until some miniaturization and efficiency breakthroughs are made
This goes to the heart of everything, we are not going to see sustainable solutions en mass until they are palatable to the market. Taxing carbon, tossing incentives around etc. will barely make a dent, at best.

Consider the average vehicle people buy, an SUV that gets 26mpg that's what people want. If everyone drove a Prius gas consumption would drop by 50% but the market says no.
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Originally Posted by New Era View Post
Utility scale is likely superior, but its not the only way to leverage solar. This is part of the problem with people addressing the climate science issue. They think there is one magic bullet, when there needs to be a 30 round magazine full of bullets to solve this problem.
Exactly, the problem is massively complex, so much so that in reality no one has anything close to a viable solution.
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