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Solar power has been on the rise for years, and for good reason. It has become one of the cheapest ways to generate energy almost everywhere, and it is one of the best options for combatting climate change.

Yet it still has its detractors. US energy secretary Chris Wright has claimed solar couldn’t supply all the energy the world needs. This is wildly and embarrassingly wrong, as many have pointed out. In fact, in the long run, solar – including wind, which captures the sun’s energy through a different mechanism – is the only power source that can meet growing energy demand without frying the planet.

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[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Except for nuclear (fusion and fission) and geothermal, every form of energy comes from the sun eventually.

Fossil fuels used to be living forms, that got their energy from either other life forms or photosynthesis. Maybe geothermal for deep sea creatures.

And even fission and geothermal you could argue it's solar. Not from our sun, but from other stars, that formed the atoms. Both the radioactive ones and the ones that are hot inside the planet.

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, that is the point I was making.