Charting The Changes That Will Lead To Renewable Energy Dominance In 2026 - CleanTechnica

The article highlights the accelerating shift toward renewable energy, emphasizing that while it may be too late to completely stop global warming, clean energy sources like solar and wind offer a critical tool to mitigate its worst effects. Bill McKibben, a prominent environmentalist, describes this transition as a steep upward curve in renewable adoption, driven notably by China's massive deployment of solar power—building the equivalent of a large coal plant in solar capacity every eight hours. Other countries, such as Australia, are also seeing transformative impacts, including periods of free electricity due to abundant solar generation. This marks a significant change in human energy consumption, moving away from costly and environmentally damaging fossil fuels toward abundant, cheap renewable energy. The article also critiques the current fossil fuel-based economic system, which externalizes environmental costs while concentrating wealth and power among a few. McKibben argues that reliance on geographically limited fossil fuels has historically enabled disproportionate control by resource owners, exemplified by figures like John D. Rockefeller. The piece questions