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_Codemonkeyism on April 22, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: For First Time Since 1800s, Britain Goes a Day Wit...

Solar is cheaper than coal without subsidies (and coal is/was subsidized a lot in western countries over the last decades primarily b/c of jobs).

Not to nitpick but "advocating for ../../coal/etc. [...] None of them compete with coal" doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

hueving on April 23, 2017 [–]

No it's not, otherwise that would be massive news. The only way it's cheaper is through charging coal for externalities, which is the exact point I'm making.

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