Solar energy can help us dodge environmental disasters

A Hyde Park neighbor recently added an extension to the back of their house. As I walked by, I noticed the roof had a single pitch, facing south, and wondered: Do they have solar panels? Sure enough, the roof was covered with electricity-producing photovoltaic panels.My brother in western Australian recently added solar panels to his roof, so now he can run air conditioning “for free” during summer. He told me it is now standard for all new houses built in his city to come with solar panels. All it took was financial incentives offered by the state government.Solar electricity is one of many ways in which we can dodge the slow-moving disaster we are locking in by our continued release of carbon into the atmosphere. The recent…

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