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Youth Climate Strike Day. My kids are staying in school but they are wearing a shirt in honor of the day that hopefully has an impact across the world. Their shirt is a quote from David Crane that he wrote in a letter to shareholders while the CEO of NRG Energy. “You Knew…and You Didn’t Do Anything About It? Why?” I hope that the kids will have an impact on elected officials to show that their decisions are not only for the next election but for 2 or 3 decades from now. A vote against solar or an RPS may not mean much for the politician but the impact will carry weight for years to come. The kids know what inaction means and today is a day to memorialize it.
Gary Cohn Tried. On the Freakonomics podcast, former advisor to the President Gary Cohn said that he tried to explain to Trump that solar and not coal was the future. During the tariff debate he showed that solar had hundreds of thousands of jobs, up from nothing ten years ago versus coal which is 50,000 and declining. This is in line with what I’ve been told from meetings with Cohn during the 201 tariff discussion.
12,000 Interconnections. Who’s ordering a Tesla Model Y? During last night’s unveiling Elon highlighted the company’s success including the vast supercharging network. The number now stands at over 12,000 chargers across the world which means that the team had to site, interconnect and build that many systems. Anyone that has had to deal with interconnections, especially my friends in the charging business can attest that this is no small feat.
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Have a great day!
Yann