The big solar plant they made in between Cali and Las Vegas one, it wasn't online more than a few years? It shut down...

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martinpw 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

It shut down because it can't compete cost wise with ... solar. Specifically solar photovoltaic.

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jeffbee 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

You're thinking of an actually quite small solar-thermal plant, which is bankrupt because solar-thermal is a dumb idea.

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michelsedgh 2 days ago | parent [-]

If its a dumb idea, why waste billions of dollars on it? Do you know how much pollution that shutted down plant is? It was HugE I've gone past it. So much waste for a "dumb idea"

	▲	jeffbee a day ago \| parent [-]
		This is what's wrong with Americans in one succinct example. "Look at all the pollution from this field of mirrors" he thinks while driving on the freeway to Las Vegas.