The revolution must go faster

摘要

As the 21-century mews in awkward infancy beneath the damoclean spectre of climate change, many are starting to look to the sun for solutions.rnJeremy Leggett, executive chairman and founder of the UK's largest solar company, Solarcentury, certainly is. He believes that, given the right conditions to flourish, solar power has the potential to supplant fossil fuels in less than a decade - much the same time frame Henry Ford needed to put horses out to pasture.rnHe may have a point. Although solar technology currently represents less than 0.5% of generation in the $1 trillion global electricity market, analysts are casting the industry as a rock solid investment bet, and are predicting that the market will triple in the next four years.