Today’s New York Times has a very interesting article about how the green energy industry is taking root in California. Driven by strong demand in California, as well as by encouraging local governments and their innovative subsidies, the industry is booming. For instance, “eight of more than a dozen of the nation’s companies developing photovoltaic cells are based in California, and seven of those are in Silicon Valley.”
It strikes me that California is proving the idea that by embracing reality (and accepting the need to radically alter how we get our energy) we can transform the economy and and revitalize parts of the country that are falling on hard times. The reality is that these solar panel manufacturing plants could be in Michigan, or Indiana, instead of California. But they’re not, and I think it’s too bad.
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