Why were so many early forecasts for negative growth. Did energy economists see solar as disappearing?
That’s because the International Energy Agency has been in the pocket of the fossil/fission giants for decades.
Anyone with half a brain could see the trends over the last 15 years of solar panel costs decreasing dramatically as China ramped up manufacturing, and knew that once generating electricity with solar became cheaper **than running existing coal/gas plants** the adoption rate would go exponential.
Now imagine how much higher it would be on top of that if governments were also investing in solar and wind at the level of a national crisis or war?
We could transition the entire global grid to solar in less than 10 years. It’s still going to happen blindingly fast regardless over the next 15-20 years.
And with battery manufacturing ramping up exponentially as well, solar and wind will be delivering baseload for the entire world very soon.
Get your grandfathered rate locked it before the buy back is 0! New california installs will now get paid 75% less than previous installs.
I understand not expecting an exponential growth, but why were most of these predictions pre-2020 showing a slowdown in growth?
Like whose predictions are these? I don’t recall anyone predicting growth would slow down.
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Why were so many early forecasts for negative growth. Did energy economists see solar as disappearing?
That’s because the International Energy Agency has been in the pocket of the fossil/fission giants for decades.
Anyone with half a brain could see the trends over the last 15 years of solar panel costs decreasing dramatically as China ramped up manufacturing, and knew that once generating electricity with solar became cheaper **than running existing coal/gas plants** the adoption rate would go exponential.
Now imagine how much higher it would be on top of that if governments were also investing in solar and wind at the level of a national crisis or war?
We could transition the entire global grid to solar in less than 10 years. It’s still going to happen blindingly fast regardless over the next 15-20 years.
And with battery manufacturing ramping up exponentially as well, solar and wind will be delivering baseload for the entire world very soon.
Get your grandfathered rate locked it before the buy back is 0! New california installs will now get paid 75% less than previous installs.
I understand not expecting an exponential growth, but why were most of these predictions pre-2020 showing a slowdown in growth?
Like whose predictions are these? I don’t recall anyone predicting growth would slow down.