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"I remember attending the World’s Fair in Knoxville, TN, in 1982. Amidst the
carnival rides, food booths, and international pavilions, the theme “Energy
Turns Our World” was really compelling to me. I remember seeing an exhibit of a
planned neighborhood of half a dozen or more homes, all of which were powered
by common solar. It seemed to make a lot of sense then, and it still does now.
In fact, solar is powering many more homes and businesses than you might
expect.
Solar is now growing faster than any power source in history — people are
constructing a gigawatt’s worth of solar panels every 15 hours. That’s more or
less what one coal-fired plant generates.
The story of solar’s rise in the US is fascinating. Bill McKibben — climate
activist, professor at Middlebury College, and founder of 350.org — wrote an
informative piece for the
New Yorker this week. In case you don’t get that
publication or might not have the attention span to digest his 5,000 word
essay, here are some highlights, especially as relates to the state of solar
energy in the US."
Via Kenny Chaffin.
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
