/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11017779

>>10966633
it's not just a picture it shows results of extensive research in this matter, also PV becomes cheaper and cheaper every year,
atomic power was a costly mistake

>>10894691
>Solar panels are never 100% efficient.
true, nothing ever is 100% efficient, current commercial panels are at 20%, cells in labs are at 40%
but the important part is price, not theoretical efficiency

>>10222178
worldwide lithium production is 43 thousand tonnes
worldwide lithium reserves are 53 million tonnes and millions of tonnes of reserves are discovered every year.
production is increasing by 10% every year but we will not run out of it for centuries.

We will certainly run out of fossil fuel much earlier.
Also we are not stuck with current battery technology forever. We can build even better batteries with Fluorid. At least in labs, it may take a decade before it will be mass produced.

Solar panels pay off in Germany and Canada and even in Alaska. You don't need high solar exposure, this is a myth. You can feed electricity in the grid or in the battery of your electric car. Today battery storage about to become cheap enough to be economic viable. Costs for solar panels and energy storage are going down even further.

solar is viable for years, seems some people here got outdated information

solar is expanding quickly, building it utility scale on grassland while still using it might be an option