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Context: This was a tweet thread from 2021:
https://xcancel.com/techreview/status/1415359221168709636
Here is the full article: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/07/14/1028461/solar-value-deflation-california-climate-change/
TL;DR: The issue is Capitalism.
Thank you "Bred Menace ๐" for this insightful tweet.
Never forget the plot of space balls is that they figured out how to monopolize the air.
It was released in 1987.
Mel Brooks is the goat.
The question comes down to this. How do you incentivize work other than with money?
Capitalism isn't "when people get paid for working." And people getting paid for doing a job isn't the problem highlighted in this post. In any case, there are any number of ways people might be motivated to do something useful.
Solar is at it's most cost effective on buildings that use a lot of power during the day, such as factories and office buildings.
That way, you're using most, if not all, of the power you generate, rather than selling it to the grid at a lower cost.
Obviously any business model's problems should be blamed on whatever breaks it.
I dream of humans one day building a Dyson swarm around the Sun and becoming a Kardashev type 2 civilization. It's a magnificent dream that we probably must one day accomplish or accept extinction.
But that is one serious problem with it. Unless it's managed democratically, one psycho could gain control over all of it, then yeah, they could literally block out the Sun for anyone who won't pay for sunlight.