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Rooftop solar may be growing even faster than we think ...

... because in many cases globally it's (relatively) permissionless: Local governments don't need to approve it ...

... so their stats are off: They're unaware of tons of cases of people putting panels up

When analysts used satellite imagery to measure how much solar existed in South Africa, it was nearly 2X what the government thought existed

Item #12 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free here: https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-26-cryptophasia-wigner-crystals-and-how/