But you know what is cheaper than building a bunch of new solar? Not building that solar and continuing to use the coal plant that already exists. Hence the need to price CO2eq so that the coal plant is paying out the ass and becomes non-viable.
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gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks agobut there is no real monetary incentive right now.
dude, solar energy is literally the cheapest form of energy right now. there is a real monetary incentive.
blarghly@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 3 weeks ago
Cheapest to collect and use there and then? Sure, out of all new power generation.
But when it comes to using the power when it’s needed most, solar is very expensive because….well it produces nothing when the sun goes down and people need power. It then relies on storage, which is expensive.