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Old 03-22-2012, 12:41 PM   #51
murraypaul
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward View Post
The cost per watt in 1974 was $1,000 watt. today it's around $1 in quantity. No one big drop, just steady price erosion. Following that curve has the price per watt in 10 years at 25-50 cents a watt. Generated power runs a watt equivalent of $.75 to $1 a watt.
Hang on.
You can't assume that the cost per watt for self-generated power continuously drops, but that the cost per watt for centrally-generated power will remain the same, that just doesn't make any sense.
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