The events of the past few days are shocking in their novelty - the glory of seeing the first Black Democrat ever elected to the Senate from the South, the shame of seeing a President incite a mob to storm the Capitol.
The events of the past few weeks make one wonder: If we’re just going to use solar power instead of coal to run the same sad mess of unfair and ugly oppression, is it really worth it?
The political power of the fossil-fuel industry has always been the single biggest obstacle to making real progress in the fight against climate change, and it now seems to be weakening.
