The switch to energy-efficient technology over the past few decades has kept energy consumption in the U.S. at the same levels as in 2000, despite 30% economic growth (Shin, 2018). You may think that sounds good, and it is, but the country still generated 61% of its energy with fossil fuels in 2021 (EIA, 2022). […]
The Dark Side of Solar
Every year, approximately 114,678 thousand megawatt-hours of electricity are generated from utility-scale solar panels in the United States. That’s 2.2% of the United States’ annual electricity consumption. Since the cost of solar panels has dropped nearly 70% since 2014, production and use of solar energy have become increasingly popular, with the solar market projected to […]