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Originally Posted by widebody911
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53450688
If you have ever doubted whether solar power can be a transformative technology, read on.
This is a story about how it has proved its worth in the toughest environment possible.
The market I'm talking about is perhaps the purest example of capitalism on the planet.
There are no subsidies here. Nobody is thinking about climate change - or any other ethical consideration, for that matter.
This is about small-scale entrepreneurs trying to make a profit.
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Not sure if illegal drug planting is a pure example of capitalism. That crop has to pay MUCH better than tomatoes. And it is easier to harvest / process / preserve. Would be better if it was a food crop or something else that isn't an illegal product. At any rate, not sure if this is big news for solar. If you go anywhere on a cattle ranch in the west in the US, you will see that all the irrigation windmills are out of service, replaced with solar driven electric pumps.
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