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The Cost of Solar
I had wanted to dig into the costs of a Florida solar facility that Obama recently visited. Fortunately Ronald Bailey does it for us: Now let’s do a rough calculation of the costs of DeSoto Solar versus conventional power sources. According to the Electric Power Research Insitute, a ...
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Solar Power at Home
Aguanomics — ... Note from DZ: This post explains that solar plants (NOT home installations) costs 4-6x the cost of a traditional plant (with carbon capture) and 18x the cost of a natural gas-fired plant. ...

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