Cheapest Energy in History. Still Heading for 3 Degrees?

Outrage + Optimism by Persephonica

Aug 6, 202657:23News & Politics

Solar power now costs a thousandth of what it did in 1976. Batteries are down more than ninety percent in a decade. By the logic of economics, the climate problem should be close to solved. It isn't. We are on track for...

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