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Optimism about solar power: still and again

I ended yesterday's entry with the idea of hope.  We can reasonably hope that it is possible to build a sustainable capitalism, and that certain investors and fund managers now active are engaged in this work -- uniting the profit motive with the save-the-planet motive.  After completing work on that post I found an article in NEW SCIENTIST with the headline "Solar energy is going to power the world much sooner than you think."  Let us pay a little attention to the case made in this article by Madeleine Cuff, a London based reporter who has devoted years to environmental/energy issues.    Solar energy is going to power the world much sooner than you think | New Scientist Cuff cites an analysis by a UK based think tank that said that solar has been the largest source of new electricity globally for the last three years in a row.  The good news, the reason for Cuff's optimistic headline, is that over the last 15 years, the cost of installing a solar system h...