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'Like a flea on an elephant's back': The unexpected rise of solar power (www.abc.net.au)

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[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sure, and yes I know now, like you said. But the previous comment said science has been heralding solar since the 80s or so, implying it's unsurprising. So when I rewind a couple decades (or just one), did I know? No. I think people were still arguing that the infrastructure for solar made it more expensive in the long run, that it would be so costly to implement it wouldn't be feasible, or that it would be superseded by other renewables, etc. It's very hard to tell which arguments are credible or not when everything is hypothetical and in the air and you have no expertise in the subject. That was my point. Everything is easy to see in hindsight.

That aside, yeah I'm glad solar is where it's at today. Australia has a very sunny weather overall, which makes it ideal to develop and implement, and the government fortunately has supported solar in a variety of ways, which is actually pretty amazing. I only hope something similar happens with electric vehicles.

[–] YeahToast@aussie.zone 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well, to be fair to you. Even though the previous comment said know since the 80s, rooftop solar on households didn't really start in Australia until 2008 abs. From a climate change perspective, from ~1912 they knew coal increased atmosphere carbon

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 1 points 6 days ago

Scientists and environmentalists, sure. Other folks? Not so sure. People love to deny. I'm old enough to have met people believing environmental issues are just the exaggerations of some hippies- and I'm not that old. People also tend to ignore a problem unless they're already suffering the consequences. Which brings me back to my point: everything is easy to see in hindsight.