Friday, April 18, 2014

The Three Horsemen

According to Paul Krugman, the only thing standing between us and climate salvation by using renewable resources are ignorance, vested interests and prejudice.  As he ruefully admits, that is probably more than enough to derail the solar train.   The tremendous decline in the cost of generating solar power, over 75% since 2008 is what may make coal fired generating plants obsolete.  But try telling that to senators or  representatives from coal states like West Virginia or Wyoming.  It is really a no-brainer.  Installing high efficiency, low cost solar power would create hundreds of thousands of good paying jobs and reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.  Who could possibly be against that. Oh, wait.....

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