Here is a U.S. map showing installations of non-hydro renewable energy in 1970:
A few things jump out. One, there weren’t very many! Two, they weren’t very big. And three, they were all biomass. In other words, in 1970, renewable energy in the U.S. was effectively nonexistent.
Now, here’s a U.S. map of non-hydro renewable energy installations built or planned today:
this growth is impressive but not nearly fast enough. In 10 years, I want the gray U.S. map to be invisible beneath a blanket of multi-colored dots. Get on it, people!
Black & Veatch created this image.
– from grist.org