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California slashed solar payments and blew up demand. How bad is the damage?
(www.sfchronicle.com)
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
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These are some of the first page results of a mojeek search in Firefox on android for the phrase "steep decline in California solar ".
I didn't find any fancy graphs, but neither did I hit a paywall, possibly because I'm likely a first time visitor to those sites.
I don't vouch for any of those sites. I just popped in to see if they had a paywall and seemed to be covering the same story.
https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/jan/26/whats-happened-since-california-cut-home-solar-pay/
https://calmatters.org/environment/climate-change/2024/01/california-solar-demand-plummets/
https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2023-11-16/column-california-strikes-another-blow-against-rooftop-solar-boiling-point
https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/nation/california/2024/01/26/california-cut-home-solar-payments-now-demand-has-plunged-80/72366080007/
https://www.arcamax.com/politics/opeds/s-3044633