Jay Novella
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3,559 appearances
13 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 5 Sep
Jay Novella’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Yeah, that's damn close, man.
Steve's brain is awesome.
2008, episode 135, Steve talked about it, and he said it's not quite at the breakout level in terms of cost-effectiveness, but it's interesting that they didn't make solar energy more efficient.
They said make it affordable, and I think that's right.
Right now, the efficiency for commercial solar panels is around 12% in terms of the amount of solar energy that's converted to electricity.
So I have...
a couple of interesting things here about the snapshot of what did people who believed in it or were saying, hey, this is an interesting thing, what were they saying, and then what were the cynics saying?
So the people who were supporting it were saying that, first off, there was an increased and growing interest in renewable energy.
More and more people were hearing about it and were finding it compelling.
They were saying solar energy is going to be a crucial component of future energy.
It's going to be heavy in the mix.
There was awareness and politicians were changing their rhetoric about it.
There were some technological advancements that were happening back around 2008.
There was an increase in efficiency happening.
It wasn't a lot, but people were seeing reports of it happening and a decrease in costs.
And those two things always match each other.
Increase in efficiency, lower cost, always.
There was government support via incentives like tax credits and subsidies, and people were beginning to talk about energy independence and the environmental benefits.
All, again, just keep in mind, very beginning of the talks about this stuff.
Not that long ago, 2008.
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