Month: November 2023

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Now For Some Good News on Climate (WSJ)

Costs for renewables have plummeted and growth is exceeding expectations

https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/now-for-some-good-news-about-climate-27236f56?reflink=integratedwebview_share

There is no shortage of bad green-energy news. Automakers are fretting about electric-vehicle growth, higher interest rates are smashing financial plans, permitting for big projects still takes forever and offshore wind is a mess. 

But for every setback, there is a Sun Streams. This cluster of solar farms will cover more than 13 square miles of desert west of Phoenix. By 2025, it will provide enough electricity for roughly 300,000 homes, bringing Arizona’s largest utility closer to its goal of a zero-carbon grid.

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The Next Great Migration in America is Here (Matt Orsagh)

The geography of the American Midwest is mighty appealing in a world on fire.

https://degrowthistheanswer.substack.com/p/the-next-great-migration-in-america

In American history, “The Great Migration” refers to the mass migration of African Americans from the South to the North and West between about 1916 and 1970. It is estimated that between 5 – 7 million African Americans made this move to leave an unhospitable South for a better life in the North and West.

This migration has been somewhat reversed since 1970, as many African-American families have returned to the South, drawn by improving governance and social factors, a cheaper cost of living, better weather, and reconnecting family ties. The numbers of the Great Migration have not been reversed, but they have moved significantly. In 1900, about 90% of African Americans lived in the South. By 1970, that number had dropped to 53%. By 2020, about 57% of the country’s African American population lived in the South, not a total reversal, but the reversal of a trend.