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Solar Panels Are Now Producing So Much Power That They’re Leaving Nuclear Plants in the Dust: "Solar is now the engine of the power transition."

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Solar Panels Are Now Producing So Much Power That They’re Leaving Nuclear Plants in the Dust: "Solar is now the engine of the power transition."

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago

Solar Panels Are Now Producing So Much Power That They're Leaving Nuclear Plants in the Dust

Solar energy will soon account for 10 percent of the world's energy generation, as nuclear power gets precipitously more expensive to build.

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To be fair the construction time on a star is actually a really long compared to nuclear.
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  And what happens when the sun goes out?
  
  Riddle me that, solar elitists.
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    It always reignites in the morning.

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