Why the Next Presidency is So Important - by Bill McKibben

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https://berniesanders.com/why-the-next-presidency-is-so-important/

Why the Next Presidency is So Important
August 11, 2015 | by Bill McKibben

Why is the next presidency so important?

There are many answers to that question, but one is that the next president will be the first to come to office in a world where solar panels are cheap. That’s potentially a very big deal, if leaders take full advantage of it.

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Happily, one large country—Germany—embarked on a full-scale solar conversion even when the price was high. Their huge demand (as of last year there were more solar panels in Bavaria than in the U.S.) drove Chinese manufacturers to learn how to make the panels ever more cheaply. And together they drove the price down to the point where in many states—and most of the world—solar power is now as cheap as anything else for generating electricity. (Well, not as cheap as windpower—that’s really cheap—but as cheap as anything other than that).

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All this means that we’re now poised to make transformative change if we want to, not just incremental change. The Stanford scientist Mark Jacobson has produced plans for all 50 states, showing how they could be easily and affordably producing all their power renewably by 2030. That would be fast enough to offer some hope of catching up with the physics of climate change, and some hope of leading the world down a better path.

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Anti-science pro-coal and pro-nuke shills will do everything they can to stop renewables.

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1. BOOM!