Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization
Emergencies demand urgency. If you put up a field of solar panels now, they don't have to be there forever... maybe someday we will develop small, cheap, safe fusion reactors and we can take them down. But if you *don't* put up a field of solar panels now, then the world will break.
Bill McKibben ISBN: 9781800070479
written on: 2026-01-15
Following the infrastructure optimism of Abundance, Here Comes the Sun doubles down on the “we can do it” mentality. I discovered this book on a whim perusing my local book store (porter square books is the best). I am glad I found it.
Solar power is now cheap. Large-scale wind projects, when they overcome local opposition, can produce significant electrons: There will soon be 100GW of energy in North Sea. Small modular reactors are becoming practical in the AI age.
Oil and gas are antiques, akin to the horse and buggy.
McKibben has an excellent substack that I now subscribe to. His posts are long but valuable.