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Column: Biden's Western solar plan sounds scary. But it's better than climate change
(www.latimes.com)
Subsidizing solar may help with climate change, but a better choice would be taxing carbon dioxide emissions in proportion to the actual damage that they do. If coal and gas were taxed according to their actual harm, the market price of electricity would increase to its fair price, and make solar viable without needing the government to organize it. However, due to battery costs and short battery lifespans, I suspect the free market would pick nuclear over solar.