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Comment by ZeroGravitas 4 hours ago

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What percentage of the earth's surface have little wind and solar? What percentage of the human population live there?

They have solar farms in Alaska and the Antarctic because it's cheaper than shipping in diesel for 6 months of the year.

And the law of economics making modular renewables cheaper is Wright's Law:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience_curve_effect