Solar power is now the cheapest form of energy in almost 60 countries
I work in solar, and here&#x27;s my favorite climate change joke:<p>&quot;They say we won&#x27;t act until it&#x27;s too late... Luckily, it&#x27;s too late!&quot;<p>Solar is no longer an experimental thing, and the industry is now focused on scaling. How can we deploy more solar faster? It&#x27;s ridiculous how cheap panels have gotten, but a significant amount of the cost savings in the past few years is coming from soft cost (logistics, overhead, engineering, etc.) and balance of system (wires, fasteners, inverters, etc.) price reduction. And there&#x27;s still a ton more to improve, and we really need the help of the tech community (y&#x27;all are good at scaling, after all).<p>Unfortunately, I always get the sense here on HN that the tech community still thinks of solar as a novelty or experimental. Why? Is it because you&#x27;re still reeling from the 2008 cleantech bust? Is it because the bay area has good climate and you don&#x27;t have to pay $400&#x2F;mo for air conditioning in the summer?<p>I&#x27;d love to hear some feedback on why you&#x27;re not interested in getting involved in the solar industry. What would convince you to work as a software engineer for a cleantech company? What would convince you to start a cleantech software (i.e. cleanweb) startup?