Hannah Chin

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696 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 17 Aug

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Short Wave · Set up solar, or save a tree? It’s complicated · 28 Apr 2026 podcast

I'm Hannah Shin.

And I'm Emily Kwong.

And you're listening to Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.

Okay, Emily.

So today we are focusing on a solar crisis.

This is Nature Quest, our series answering environmental questions from listeners like you.

And I guess we got to start with solar panels themselves.

I got to be honest, because I'm a renter, I'm like not totally sure how these work.

I do know I think they're kind of ugly.

Like when I pass them, they look like giant flat screen TVs that are like stuck to the roof.

Wait, so solar doesn't work during a power outage?

Oh.

Okay, so now I understand how solar panels work.

Maybe I appreciate them a little bit more than I did before.

But Emily, I still want to know the answer to Darcy's question.

Like, should she cut down the tree to make way for solar panels?

Wait, okay, this does surprise me that all of them are so pro-tree.

Yeah, I got to say, this feels like more of an emotional argument rather than a logical argument.

It just doesn't really totally make sense.

Did they explain why?

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