Solar power is getting cheaper
Climate change is the one big area where we're not making progress, and things are getting considerably worse. There's no sugar-coating that. One bright spot is the declining price of solar power, which is fueling a rapid increase in adoption. The chart here breaks down the price of solar panels between the cost of the actual photovoltaic modules they use to generate electricity and "system" costs, which Brad Plumer explains as "all the little steps along the way that are required to take a photovoltaic panel from the factory and put it on your roof." The latter is getting cheaper, helping fuel the decline.