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Cheap Solar Panels Are Changing the World | “This is unstoppable.” (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] randon31415 4 points 2 months ago

Swanson's law will eventually stop climate change, though reversing it will be harder than stopping it

[–] assembly 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There is an error in the URL, it should be: Article

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That funny dot was deliberate; on most browsers, it bypasses the paywall.

I've changed it out for a gift link now that one is available, since that seems to cause fewer problems for people.

[–] assembly 3 points 2 months ago

I did not know that! Learned something new and that Firefox on iPhone doesn’t know what to do with it.

[–] assembly 2 points 2 months ago

https://archive.ph/xX7nG

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

For Africa’s quiet solar boom to meet its full potential, governments will need to regulate and subsidize the technology

This was a weird point. US solar is very expensive because utility permission and regulation drawn up by utilities makes it so. tax credit subsidies don't help much. Success in Africa and Pakistan is mostly based on no one is there to stop people.