-> No they're not... solar power is very expensive. When all the subsidies and 
-> incentives are dropped solar power is 5x as expensive as nuclear power. 
->   
-> I know the greens would like it different, but the figures don't 
lie. 
  
Yes they do, if they aren't calculated right. 
  
Solar-thermal power is cheap, much cheaper than photovoltaic power. All 
it needs is a bunch of mirrors and a boiler on a tower. The larger the 
scale, the cheaper (per kilowatt) it is. 
  
Nuclear power is expensive, if all the costs are included, such as 
sequestering the wastes for hundreds of thousands of years. The bills 
for power already used haven't been paid yet. 
  
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