Totally agree. Would be fascinating to hear where the photos were taken, especially the house with timber framing.

I didn’t know solar panel murals were a thing. This is a w e s o m e!

I’m actually also confused how the difference does not depend on the perspective. If we say supply is too high, then it is overcapacity. If we say demand is too low, it is underutilization. For a profit-driven company, it is overcapacity, I understand that. But Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world has a point, when we look at it from the perspective of the rest of us…

And I guess you would address overcapacity and underutilization differently. Overcapacity -> reduce production. Underutilization -> increase consumption (“installation” in this case sounds more fitting). To say that it is clearly an overcapacity issue sounds to me as if there is no way we could install more solar panels.

I would prefer to see the coal plants toppled first

I don’t want to be such a bummer, but coal being up overall is still disturbing

Generally, great stuff, keep ongoing.

Still, the map of the “Industrial Workers of the World” makes me go XD

What do you mean by “The System is (Not) Totalizing”?

They could link to the original report. I guess they mean this one:

https://sdgtransformationcenter.org/reports/sustainable-development-report-2025

Though the graph they show is more promising, with wind having a complementary pattern to solar. If reliable, it would be great.

You can still see a spike in gas around Feb 2025, when wind was weaker and there was still little irradiation.

Ain’t solar (compared to wind) so-and-so idea in most of the EU? I mean, unless you are in southern Italy, southern Spain, or Greece, you you’ll need that gas to survive the winter.

I mean - one thing ugly, and the other thing is that this land could be arable or a nature reserve.

The hill in the photo looks ugly, tbh. Still, much better (and livelier) than the landscape after oilsands or brown coal extraction.

Preferably, most grid-connected solar panels would be on buildings, deserts, and postindustrial land. But in the face of the climate catastrophe, the South China hills are also fine.

Totally agree, our agriculture is so primitive, in the sense of not being sophisticated at all (just plough, remove everything that lives there, plant grass, cut early, repeat). Great links. Thanks!

*Robots and humans to build Canada’s 9-storey timber tower together

I guess we should just do more offshore wind at home, in Europe ¯_(ツ)_/¯

And support wind elsewhere. I know that in much of the world, solar is more feasible. But I am also sure there are places where access to electricity and pollution are problems at the same time, and where wind would be a better option.