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WanderingEng · 2847 days ago · link · · parent · post: Solar electricity generation employs more people in the US than coal, gas, oil and nuclear combined
And in ten years time solar will be fifty times higher yet! Hyping anything with misleading statistics is annoying. It gives wrong impressions to pretty much everyone. Proponent? We're winning! Opponent? They have no credibility! General public? The future is here, only to be disappointed down the road when change is incremental. I'm very curious to see where solar goes. In my area, wind is a far bigger player than solar (and has similar but different pros and cons). My expectation is solar will be like every other change in the power system. It'll be a bit player for years, and then it'll just be the norm.