Jacquie Barnbrook tau zus nkees ntawm lub high school hluav taws xob cov nqi kho mob thiab nws cov pa roj-guzzling khoom kim heev tsheb thaum nws thaum kawg txiav txim siab los coj lub plunge xyoo tas los.
Lub 52-xyoo-laus Los Angeles nyob koom ib puas-loj hlob tus naj npawb ntawm California uas yog switching rau hnub ci zog rau lawv lub zog xav tau kev pab nyob rau hauv ib tug twv xwb tsis txuag tau nyiaj tab sis kuj ua lawv ib feem rau cov ib puag ncig nyob rau hauv ib lub xeev qhov chaw kawm lub pace rau tus so ntawm lub teb chaws nyob rau hauv uas sector.
"Thaum lub sij hawm no ntawm lub xyoo, kuv lub hwj chim thiab dej nqi feem ntau twb nyob ib ncig ntawm $ 400 ib lub hlis," Barnbrook hais tias. "Txoj cai tam sim no, nws yog $ 150 ib lub hlis."
Raws li rau nws lub tsheb, Barnbrook hais tias nws ditched nws nyob rau hauv dej siab ntawm ib tug hybrid ib tug uas nws tam sim no qub nyob rau hauv thiab nqi nyob rau ntawm nws lub tsev.
"Kuv twb siv $ 80 dollars rau roj txhua txhua peb los yog plaub hnub thiab tam sim no kuv tsis tau muab tso roj nyob rau hauv kuv lub tsheb tshiab txij thaum pib ntawm lub peb hlis ntuj," nws sau tseg. "Qhov ntawd yog plaub lub hlis dhau los!"
Ze li ntawm 4.9 lab tsev yog powered los ntawm hnub ci zog nyob rau hauv California - lub teb chaws ntsuab trailblazer thiab feem ntau populous lub xeev - thiab hais tias tus xov tooj yog yuav tsum tau mus ntxiv loj hlob, raws li lub Hnub Ci Zog Industries Association, ib tug uas tsis yog-profit cov lag luam tawm lub koom haum.
Txawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Donald Trump, ib tug avowed skeptic rau kev nyab xeeb kev hloov, yog xav tias yuav muab solar panels rau ntawm phab ntsa nws npaj rau kev mus ua rau lub Mexican ciam teb.
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Txawm tias hnub ci sib tau tub ceevxwm xyoo no vim, nyob rau hauv ib feem, mus rau ib tug cov ntaub ntawv tus naj npawb ntawm cov neeg rushing sau npe nyob rau hauv 2016 rau kev ntshai ntawm poob ib cov nyiaj ua se ua kom muaj siab, lub lag luam yog yuav tsum tau mus ntxiv loj hlob, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau hauv qhov chaw xws li California uas muaj ib tug plethora ntawm tshav ntuj hnub, kws txawj hais.
Tsav no expansion yog lub plummeting nqi ntawm solar panels - uas tau feeb tag rau kuj affluent tswv tsev - thiab kev txhim kho kev kawm tshuab hauv roj teeb cia zog, lawv ntxiv.
"Txoj cai tam sim no, peb nyob rau hauv throes ceev hloov nyob rau hauv lub hnub ci kev lag luam," hais tias Rajit Gadh, tus thawj coj ntawm lub UCLA ntse daim phiaj zog tshawb fawb Center. "Raws li cov neeg ua tag nrho cov ntaub ntawv tawm muaj thiab qhia lawv kev kawm tau zoo dab neeg thiab nws pib mus ua mainstream ... lub zog yuav loj hlob."
Nws hais tias sib nrug los ntawm tus nqi, vim li cas lwm nruab nrab tau txais kev pab tau gingerly saws hnub ci hwj chim nyob rau hauv xyoo tsis ntev los yog lub dizzying tooj ntxawg hoops lawv yuav tsum mus kom tau kev pom zoo los ntawm nqi hluav taws xob tuam txhab uas muag thiab ib tug ntau ntawm nyuab cov ntaub ntawv los ua.
Ntxiv mus, raws li kev thov rau cov khoom tau surged nyob rau hauv lub xyoo caum kawg, yog li muaj cov xov tooj ntawm tuam txhab uas muag - ob qho tag nrho loj thiab nraim - jostling rau ib daim ntawm lub ncuav qab zib.
"Hnub ci hwj chim yog ruam tag thiab rau ib ntev lub sij hawm nws yeej tsis tau ua ib tug ntau ntawm nyiaj txiag kev txiav txim zoo," hais tias Ryan Willemsen, CEO thiab founder ntawm cov San Diego-raws li start-up Hnub Ci rau cov neeg.
"Nyob rau hauv California, hnub ci yog tiag tiag tau ib tug nab roj koob npe nrov vim hais tias ntawm ib co ntawm cov unscrupulous folks muab kev koom tes uas yog thawb hnub ci super hard," nws ntxiv. "Nyob rau hauv San Diego nyob ib leeg, rau piv txwv, muaj tshaj 200 hnub ci hauj lwm."
Ara Petrosyan, CEO thiab tus tsim ntawm LA Hnub Ci Group, ib tug noj kev haus ruaj, hais tias nws ntseeg hais tias ib zaug cov hmoov av settles thiab nraim tuam txhab uas muag inevitably mus tawm ntawm lub lag luam, tau txais kev pab yuav muaj peev xwm ua ntau paub thiab pheej yig txoj kev xaiv thiab lub sector yuav coj xws li "foob pob ua ntxaij nkoj."
"Nyob rau hauv tsib lub xyoos, yog li ntawd ntau cov kev cai thiab cov kev tswj muaj tau ntxiv hais tias koj yuav tsum tau ib tug tiag tiag zoo kws yuav nyob twj ywm nyob rau hauv lub lag luam," nws hais.
Nws hais ntxiv hais tias ib tug ntshiab kos npe rau ntawm qhov chaw uas qhov kev lag luam yuav yog tus naj npawb ntawm sib - uas raug nqi nruab nrab ntawm $ 15,000 thiab $ 20,000 rau ib tug nruab nrab loj tsev - nws lub tuam txhab tuav.
"Thaum peb pib nyob rau hauv 2012, peb tau hais txog 10 sib ib lub hlis," Petrosyan hais tias. "Niaj hnub no, peb ua li cas txog 120 ib lub hlis ... thiab nws yuav twv yuav raug hu kom ua."
Tej qhov zoo xov xwm rau ib lub xeev uas tseev tias 50 feem pua ntawm nws cov hluav taws xob los ntawm txuas ntxiv dua mus zog qhov chaw, xws li hnub ci, los ntawm 2030.
Hnub Ci hwj chim kuj yog loj hlob ceev ceev nyob rau hauv lwm lub xeev, xws li New York, uas saib rau California raws li ib qho piv txwv.
"Lub zuag qhia tag nrho kev lag luam qauv yog hais tias tus nqi ntawm solar panels thiab lwm yam yog mus down," hais tias Willemsen.
"Thiab ntxiv thiab ntau dua tus qauv folks yog lub rooj sib hais tias nws yog ib tug zoo lub tswv yim thiab ib zaug ib tug neeg nyob rau hauv lub zej zog mus hnub ci, ntau thiab ntau qab."
