WTF ...65

[pbmus]

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More than 100x cheaper in 35 years

For those who still doubt that solar power is about to shift into high gear and play a much bigger role, look at the graph above. It shows the price per watt, starting in 1977 at over $76/watt all the way down to $0.74/watt in 2013. While it's already very competitive with dirty sources of power in large parts of the world, a few more years of this and solar will simply be too cheap to ignore, even without a price on carbon emissions.

You can see a higher-resolution version of the graph here.

[uponit7771]

1. Once a price point is meet that will allow a larger internet collective to experiment with these...

...other than suppression I don't see why fossil fuel will be TOLERATED amongst the majority

electric cars are 100% more efficient than the ICE

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Do you have a link to these charts? Thanks!

[pbmus]

3. Here ...

http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/graph-shows-why-solar-power-will-take-over-world.html

[CurtEastPoint]

4. Thank you. This is encouraging!

[customerserviceguy]

5. Question on the lower chart

The upper one clearly says that it is adjusted for inflation to normalize to 2012 dollars (even though the fossil fuel 'band' seems comparitively vague), did that happen with the lower one, as well?

I've maintained all along that economic viability of alternative energy is essential to its adoption.