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To: Eric who wrote (71478)8/12/2016 10:11:58 AM
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Personal experience with solar is close to totally irrelevant, this is about the data. Most people with personal experience won't know this specific point.

The 6 to 10 numbers are out of date, but "over 50" seems to be a pipe dream. Also if you count storage the value goes down.

As for your points on dollar cost

1 - That's a different issue.
2 - It won't keep dropping at the same rate
3 - The cost don't include storage, and without storage a kw/h from solar is worth less then a kw/h from a source that can function as either base load or peaking power.
4 - Solar and wind are heavy on up front investment. Right now the low interest rates that works out very well for these sources. What happens when the interest paid is 5 or even 10 percent higher?
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