Why can’t we build factories to just crank out tons of solar panels?

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Maybe I’ve been playing too much factorio, but if the main ingredient is silicon it seems like we should be easily able to turn out TW worth of solar panels every year.

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It should be noted that this is already happening. Solar continues to get better and produced more cheaply (or at least it was until covid and high inflation hit). And the technology will continue to improve which will allow us to make it even better and more cheaply. However, this takes time and money, so the improvements made thus far haven’t happened immediately and they won’t happen immediately moving forward.

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