In a recent New York Times article about the crypto collapse, Harvard finance professor Mihir Desai bashes the techno-utopianism and exclusive emphasis on positive outcomes that has infected American capitalism. The result of what Desai calls “Magical Thinking” has led to the latest “tech” bubble that began to deflate in 2022. At YouSolar, we are not utopians, but we are techno-optimists.

California has been devastated by wildfires in the past years. At this time, an “atmospheric river,” a flowing column of vapour in the atmosphere, is delivering huge amounts of rain and snow to California. The result has been widespread flooding and landslides.

The New York Times published an article this week explaining why California did not see the large wildfires it had experienced in past years, Why California’s 2022 Wildfire Season Was Unexpectedly Quiet. Wildfires have burned “only” about 362,000 acres in 2022, compared to 2.5 million acres last year and a historic 4.3 million acres in 2020.

We are concluding our mini-series on home energy and power management trends with a review and summary of the big trends in electrification inside and outside the home. Check it out!

Bloomberg recently reported a story about a microgrid in Puerto Rico, which became a lifeline for the community. The small town of Castañer built a micro-grid comprising 121 solar panels spread across three rooftops feeding a bank of industrial batteries and inverters. Before the microgrid went into service in May 2022, constant outages and voltage fluctuations that damaged electronic equipment made it difficult for a small bakery and other businesses that are now part of the microgrid to make their pastries or cut their customers' hair.