So while solar presently provides little more than 2 per cent of the world’s electricity, trends observable for more than a decade indicate this is set to change dramatically – especially in those parts of the world where parity with fossil fuels will be achieved over the next ten years. Were the 40 per cent annual growth rate which has persisted o

Thanks to cheap steel and a whole set of new institutions, the economy entered a phase of globalization. Capital was also deployed to produce, transport and distribute electricity, a new form of energy that would later lift production and consumption up to an even larger scale.

theory, we could generate 2,000 gigawatts from it—more than enough to meet our current needs.14 But if we’re going to take advantage of this potential, we’ll…

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