I just had a conversation with a building contractor who specializes in eco-friendly residential improvements–in a part of the world where such a specialty is a big deal: Santa Barbara, California.
This was a great opportunity to ask questions about certain technologies that seemed to have great promise, but that, for some reason, never took off. Among these is building-integrated photovoltaics, or BIPV. As shown in the photo above, it isn’t on the roof; it is the roof.
The fellow gave me two reason for the slow adoption (failure?) of BIPV:
1) It’s very brittle, which makes roof repairs very difficult without cracking other panels,, and
2) The carbon footprint associated with making BIPV is very high.
Interesting stuff.
As shown here, we live in a society that glorifies the very worst traits of the human animal and seems to be on a rocket ride to its own destruction.
Ignorance has terrific value to the billionaire class. If you’re filthy rich, you really don’t want a nation full of people learning that pure market capitalism is, by its very nature, exploitative, or that the consumption of fossil fuels is destroying our planet’s capacity to support life.
The Trump administration and congressional Republicans are exceptionally good at focusing the MAGA base on problems that don’t exist.
What bathrooms should trans people use? Well, before we work ourselves into a frenzy, let’s ask ourselves if this is an issue that is really harming the good people of this nation.
Keep in mind that 60% of Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck and are struggling to afford groceries.
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