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Price of solar dropped 89% in ten years (ourworldindata.org)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Solar now being the cheapest energy source made its rounds on Lemmy some weeks ago, if I remember correctly. I just found this graphic and felt it was worth sharing independently.

Source: https://ourworldindata.org/cheap-renewables-growth

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I can see that critical thinking isn't your strong suit, but I'm willing to comment it out with you instead of just down voting.

If the price of solar is already the lowest -and still dropping- then how is the most expensive option that takes about a decade to implement a better option for right now? This apparent point of diminishing returns is only beginning to manifest in even lower prices than this 2019 chart. And this diminishing returns point is only in the cost of the panels dropping; they are still getting better in technology and improving efficiency while maintaining low prices. If your argument is "solar can't continue on this trend forever" -no one expects anything to consistently drop almost 90% every decade. Of course it will level out. And when it does, it will STILL be the cheapest option.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Critical thinking isn't my strong point?

Nighttime. Winter.

Even if solar power was free it still wouldn't fucking work.

It will never work during those times.

So nuclear - which is clean and sustainable - can phase out the fossil fuels that have to be burned during the nighttime and winter.

Or did you think that the cost of solar panels dropping correlated with a perfect drop in energy costs for everyone?

"critical thinking skills" twat.