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by yjftsjthsd-h 742 days ago
> Rooftop solar can't be economically efficient without subsidies of some sort. How could it outcompete the economies of scale of putting an extra 10 panels in a utility-scale installation 50 miles away?

By not using expensive land (since it's on top of a building that existed anyways).

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Utility solar is not being installed on expensive land.