“There’s a more perfect way to fix the problem…”
Yes, there always is. 40 years later…
Global commercial aviation is about 3% of all emissions”. Reducing that 25-30% to 15-20% is significant.
Re:A Year of Clean Energy Milestones
by kachapopopow on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @12:21PM
(#46515314)
it's not about climate change, it's about providing a better service at lower cost and better longevity: no aging above ground or underground wires, no massive distribution centers, decentralized grid at time of war (ukraine is switching to solar), benefits are astonishing the further you dive into it.
several apartment buildings can also be linked together to handle maintenance and share peak power capability as well.
By the way, energy generation is only 1/4 to 1/3 of all emissions on average, so transitioning the fraction of that fraction to a lesser amount of emissions (since there a ton of emissions in manufacturing, transporting and installing solar panels) is nice and cool, but not very efficient to combat climate change.