Can rooftop solar alone solve climate change? Here’s the answer
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Source: LA Times | By Sammy Roth
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No matter how many times I write about renewable energy — about sprawling solar farms, towering wind turbines and lengthy power lines carrying clean electricity to faraway cities — there’s one question I get asked again and again and again:
Why do we need all that industrial infrastructure when we can put solar panels on rooftops and parking lots instead?
It’s a great question — and one I attempt to answer in my latest story, published this week….
Big surprise: There are no easy answers. But there are some baseline realities that I hope you’ll consider.
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