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		foepys on Jan 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, co... There were plans to build huge solar plants in the Sahara desert but all got scrapped partly because of energy storage and transport, and partly because few countries want to depend on energy production in countries with either (looming) civil war or semi-regular terrorist attacks.

Jweb_Guru on Jan 24, 2021 [–]

I would not call Europe not wanting to be beholden to African countries the way they are beholden to Europe a problem with solar power, personally.

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