The Economist latest cover story on solar energy is packed with interesting stats.  ▫️Solar energy will be the primary source of human energy use by 2040 ▫️$500B spent on buying and installing solar panels in 2024 (nearly same “sum being put into upstream oil and gas”) ▫️Solar

The math is obvious and unequivocal: ~100% of energy over time comes from the Sun. Everything else is a rounding error.

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China has clearly noted the fact that WW2 didn't end until the combined bombing offensive focused on and destroyed the Axis powers' oil supplies. The war was unwinnable for Germany and Japan from mid 1942 on the basis of industrial production, but both had sufficient raw

The first terawatt of solar was the hardest.

The Sun is a fusion reactor 330,000x the mass of Earth. >99.9% of Earth’s energy comes from the Sun. Solar PV is our best tool to harness that power.

The top solar manufacturers in China *each* have more capacity than the entire U.S. Single *factories* have more capacity than the entire U.S. Chinese facilities are larger, more automated, and better connected — that's why they're cheaper.

NEWS: The Australian government announced this week that electricity customers in three states will get free electricity for up to three hours per day starting in July 2026 thanks to the massive amount of solar that has been installed in recent years. “Now we’re at the level