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		dylan604 20 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: For the first time in the U.S., renewables generat... You seem to be focused on generation and delivery costs. Fossil fuels like coal needs to be mined and then shipped to the power plants.

epistasis 20 days ago [–]

I'm including the costs of fossil fuel extraction in the comparison here; in the US fossil gas is super super cheap which makes it more competitive with solar and storage than in most places.

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