martybegan
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One is cheaper despite everything you can throw at it because it will NEVER need fuel whereas your favored tech, despite everything nice you can say about it, will ALWAYS require fuel.
At least with fuel you can guarantee a given energy production as long as the fuel is there. Solar is fine in places like Texas, not so much in places like Maine.
and the cost of materials like batteries and the cells themselves far outweigh the costs of things like turbines and boilers, which also last far longer, and can be repaired/rehabilitated far easier.