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The US Photo voltaic Vitality Industries Affiliation (SEIA) put out an attention-grabbing story as we speak, together with the graphic above (and under). It’s a enjoyable subject with uplifting findings, and we’ve reported on related surveys for about 15 years. That is all the time the case: most individuals help photo voltaic vitality, and help authorities help for photo voltaic vitality.
We’ve used this truth a number of instances to argue that voters ought to vote for politicians who will help photo voltaic. (And everyone knows who that’s on the federal stage.) Given the significance of the local weather disaster, vitality safety, vitality costs, and the prices of air pollution, I do suppose much more folks ought to vote based mostly on this matter. Nevertheless, the actual fact is, few folks do.
Individuals vote based mostly on a handful of broader considerations, even when these considerations are manufactured from the skin and mainly a trick of politicians and political actors within the media — lots of whom are certainly fooled themselves. Individuals get scared into pondering they should vote based mostly on some obscure or distant challenge — regardless that voting based mostly on that isn’t going to do something for his or her lives.
Anyway, let’s get again to the information.
“The 2024 presidential election goes to be shut.
“Polls point out a tightening race within the marketing campaign’s last weeks, and the end result could hinge on a couple of thousand votes throughout the swing states.
“Given this dynamic, America’s photo voltaic and vitality storage trade may have an outsized impression on deciding the subsequent president of america.”
It’s a good level. The election ought to be so shut that votes based mostly on solar energy may even have an effect. Perhaps. I’m nonetheless skeptical — besides that there are lots of individuals who work within the photo voltaic trade and may need the sense to vote based mostly on that. Nevertheless, even there, I feel most individuals are voting based mostly on different points. However who is aware of?
“The buildout of the photo voltaic and storage trade — particularly the expansion of home photo voltaic manufacturing — is concentrated in swing states like Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and North Carolina. In truth, one research from the Vitality Innovation discovered that swing states will host 48% of newly introduced clear vitality manufacturing tasks.
“These tasks, the billions invested, and the tens of 1000’s of jobs created will definitely have an effect on voters’ attitudes. And, as points like inflation and home manufacturing rise to the highest of voters’ precedence lists, the case for incentivizing photo voltaic and storage is a potent political argument.”
Effectively, one can hope. Additionally, kudos to SEIA for attempting to place slightly of its weight into influencing the election. The group might be extra direct and make a bit extra impression if it wished to attempt, however I perceive tiptoeing and enjoying this extra cautiously in case the orange mafia-loving con man will get into workplace once more.
You possibly can learn extra of the stats, particulars and SEIA commentary on photo voltaic in three key states — Arizona, Nevada, and Pennsylvania — if you wish to dig in additional.
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