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Solar is winning the energy race (www.dw.com)

submitted 4 months ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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[–] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

China singlehandedly giving me hope for the future

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 18 points 4 months ago (77 children)

same, any time I look for uplifting news, it's inevitably from China

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I do some small-scale solar installs and the rate of pricing decline is insane. Even in a world where everything is getting more expensive, solar panels, electronics, and batteries all continue to rapidly fall in price.

[–] sakuraba@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I need to research how to get a permit in my country to install them (can't do it without, they literally have helicopters checking once in a while)

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago

Usually no permit required if its not connected to the grid 🙂

[–] zdhzm2pgp@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago

Wouldn't it be nice to live in a country you could be proud of?

[–] folaht@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

So glad to see this.
Seeing all those nuclear fanboy comments whenever solar was mentioned from 2010 to 2025 was tiring.

Onto the natgas fanboys.
I'm looking at you Alex Christoforou.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I still want natgas for cold, windless winter weeks.

[–] folaht@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Include battery-exhausted to windless and I agree,
but natgas fanboys will still claim that solar power "doesn't work" and "can't ever replace natgas".

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why? Why do people constantly claim that the only way to generate baseline power is by releasing fossil fuels and burning things?

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

No. Not baseline. Standby capacity for when it's cloudy, still, dry and all battery capacity has been used up.

Maybe we only need natural gas for, say, 10 hours per year, but in those hours we really need it

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