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minus-squarenaturalgasbad@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months agoSolar panels are so obscenely cheap that their profitability curve works in a ton of weather conditions you wouldn’t expect. The fact that it’s so expensive in the US is entirely decoupled from their manufacturing cost.
minus-squareLinechecker@monero.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoThen why is it over $35k to get them installed on a house’s roof? And still I’d need to be plugged into the grid.
minus-squarenaturalgasbad@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months agoThe costs in the US are completely fucked. Partially because of tariffs on imports, partially because of bullshit regulations that protect the large existing players, and partially because American workers are just, frankly, less efficient.
Solar panels are so obscenely cheap that their profitability curve works in a ton of weather conditions you wouldn’t expect.
The fact that it’s so expensive in the US is entirely decoupled from their manufacturing cost.
Then why is it over $35k to get them installed on a house’s roof? And still I’d need to be plugged into the grid.
The costs in the US are completely fucked. Partially because of tariffs on imports, partially because of bullshit regulations that protect the large existing players, and partially because American workers are just, frankly, less efficient.