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Jenny Nelson, “Harnessing the Sun” (Open Agenda, 2021)

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

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Is the Return on Investment of Solar Energy an Issue?

I don't think energy return on investment is an issue, and it definitely isn't now. The other one that i want to talk about is the the issue of availability and matching supply and demand. You either have to store it, or your solar generator needs to be part of a big, reasonably flexible power system where you can mix with other things. And i think you do need, i think we need, i thank atully, think we need both but i don't see it as a problem.

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