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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We can. China is currently doing that very thing, but their government deep into their economy.

Ours is more freelance, and people have to want to buy the solar panels and have them installed. Since it costs money to make them, they usually have to have a reason, like people actively wanting them.

And we’re still not quite to that point. Fossil fuels are still a big part of our power grid.

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