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Solar, So Hot Right Now. Solar.

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

For serious.

Just check out last week’s NYTimes piece entitled Nuclear Energy Loses Cost Advantage, which notes:

Solar photovoltaic systems have long been painted as a clean way to generate electricity, but expensive compared with other alternatives to oil, like nuclear power. No longer. In a “historic crossover,” the costs of solar photovoltaic systems have declined to the point where they are lower than the rising projected costs of new nuclear plants, according to a paper published this month.

See the full piece here.

One Response to “Solar, So Hot Right Now. Solar.”

  1. noah Says:

    Not that I’m against solar or anything, but this NYTimes article was wrong in significant ways. This guy explains it pretty well:

    http://atomicinsights.blogspot.com/2010/07/gullible-reporting-by-new-york-times-on.html

    Fortunately, providing nuclear power doesn’t involve blowing up mountains either!

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