Underlying these problems is the ? of moral responsibility - to the future. - R. C.
THE FUTURE IS SOLAR.
THE PATH FORWARD IS LIT BY THE SUN. BILLMCKIBBEN
Solar Power is a path to a clean energy future.
Solar energy refers to light and heat radiation from the sun that is harnessed to generate electricity. Solar energy is the cheapest most abundant energy on Earth.
THE FUTURE IS SOLAR...
The path forward is lit by the Sun. Bill McKibben
Solar Life and Breakthroughs around the Globe.
Solar power isn't alternative energy, its rapidly spreading around the globe. It is the cheapest type of energy.
Links to get you started seeing the path lit by the SUN:
- "DOMESTIC SOLAR IS AN ALL-ROUND WIN." By Bill McGuire. Cool Earth. Substack. March 26, 2026.
- "Good morning, sunshine": The seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy is Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year By Tim Appenzeller
- "Solar energy is going to power the world much sooner than you think." By Madeleine Cuff, 23 October 2025.
- Ember's "Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025."
- "Green energy has passed 'positive tipping point,' and cost will come down, UN says."
- "Global renewable capacity is set to grow strongly, driven by solar PV."
- "Analysis: Clean energy drove more than a third of China’s GDP growth in 2025", Carbon Brief.
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Cost of solar is dropping, again. Complete "plug 'n' play" system that is WAY overkill for 90% of American homes. ~$10K, just add solar panels. BTW, that system will accept up to 16KW of solar. Which in theory would run a house AND charge an EV car.
So for about $15K a family could become carbon neutral. Given that the average American home (1700 square foot, 3bdrm, 2 bath, single level) costs ~$400K+,
$15k is a drop in the bucket.
Heading into winter Santan Solar typically drops the price of their used name brand panels, cuz' nobody is doing installs in the winter. Hard to sink racking posts in frozen ground. Buy'em in the winter, take delivery, store them for spring. Just leave them on the pallet outdoors. 2x pallets of 25 = ~16Kw of solar. Cost = $3,200 + shipping.
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MORE PATHS TO UNDERSTAND SOLAR.
"Here Comes the Sun. A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization." By environmental activist and author, Bill McKibben. Named top climate/eco-read of the Climate Crisis Club. Please read this blog for a review of this book.
"Still No Miracles Needed."
- Still No Miracles Needed How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air." By Mark Z. Jacobson, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program at Stanford University. He has published seven books and 190 papers. He received the 2018 Judi Friedman Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2022, he was ranked the world's most impactful scientist in the field of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences and the sixth-most impactful scientist in the field of Energy among those first publishing past 1985.
- "In a revised and updated edition of his award-winning climate bestseller, No Miracles Needed, the world's premier thinker on energy futures and one of the world's 100 most impactful people in the world in 2023, Mark Z. Jacobson reveals how nations, communities, and individuals can solve the climate crisis most effectively, while simultaneously eliminating air pollution and providing energy security. Mark explains how existing technologies can harness, store, and transmit energy from wind, water, and solar sources to ensure reliable electricity and heat supplies. It includes new, cutting-edge technologies, additional new real-life case studies about the solutions, and additional references. Written for everyone who cares about the future of our planet, this book advises individuals, policymakers, communities, and nations about what they can do to solve the problems identified, and the economic, health, and climate benefits of the solutions."
- https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/WWSStillNMN/StillNMN.html