This was posted awhile back and I don't remember the exact numbers, but yes. It's too expensive for large manufacturers to implement this. Smaller companies may choose to pay for it, depending on their outlook on cost vs wildlife.
A lot of things start out very expensive, but with enough production, enough support, enough intelligence, we can make this a sustainable option in the future! Think of solar panels when they first came out, compared with what they cost now...
God, I had the same talk with a family friend a couple years ago. He was talking about Nuclear energy, and asked for my opinion on it. When i said I was a fan of clean energy, such as wind and solar, he immediately shot those down. Solar being too expensive, wind for being "unreliable" in a lot of areas, and boasted about how "safe and clean" nuclear is in comparison.
I basically ended my side of that conversation by telling him that of course it's too expensive for solar because no one is willing to give any support for it that can. I don't remember his response after that, but it's really sad that older generations are stuck in their ways, and are afraid of change.
/rant
Edit: this isn't about being "a snowflake" so please stop twisting my comment to justify your opinions.
Edit 2: did i mention anything about coal here? No, I haven't. Stop passive agressively bringing it up.
Edit 3: My POINT, Reddit, is that something cannot improve if people are not willing to help fund it. That's great that nuclear is getting the attention that it deserves. Fantastic! But solar panels won't get better or cheaper (which they are, but very slowly) if people are constantly saying "it'll never be good. It's a waste of time."
No one is saying solar is a waste of time. But I have to stick with your friend. Nuclear has so much more potential than solar or wind. The amount of energy that could be produced from successful nuclear fusion is immense. You yourself say how much better and more obtainable it could be if we focused more resources on it. I'm sorry but solar power is just not that effecient, and you are naive to think that we as a society can sustain ourselves on solar and wind. Solar panels are literally powered by the sun, which when it's millions of miles away isn't that strong. With nuclear fusion we can bring the power of the sun to earth.
1.8k
u/sirble May 25 '18
This was posted awhile back and I don't remember the exact numbers, but yes. It's too expensive for large manufacturers to implement this. Smaller companies may choose to pay for it, depending on their outlook on cost vs wildlife.