Society
Rethinking Greta and the Backlash Over Japan's Solar Panels
A thread revisiting activist Greta Thunberg's past warnings as 'actually a fair point' ran alongside a debate over a graph claiming Japan leads the world in solar-panel coverage. There was some sympathy for the critique of mass consumption, but deep skepticism toward asking individuals to cut back. The sharper anger was aimed at mega-solar's land use, higher electricity bills and money flowing abroad. A few offered concrete fixes, such as a per-head carbon dividend.