The Solar Energy Revolution Has Arrived
Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement makes it more likely the solar Silicon Valley will be located overseas.
Protecting coal jobs today makes as much sense as protecting typing pool jobs around the time personal computers caught on in the 1980s.
Solar technology will destroy coal and oil as energy sources even if President Donald Trump stamps his feet, holds his breath and refuses to play with the rest of the world. Solar is on the same kind of Moore’s law–like path that has made computing power so cheap. Solar tech isn’t improving at computing’s breakneck pace, but it’s on a predictable, sustainable and impressive trajectory toward cheaper and better. By about 2030—13 years from now—solar will be able to produce electricity at half the cost
