Energy & Science

In the Future, Solar and Wind Will Be Everywhere You Look

Conventional power lives in the walls of our homes like magic, but solar and wind will be everywhere.

Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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To my four-year-old son, electricity must seem magic—this invisible stuff that comes out of the wall sockets to power the fridge, to light up the TV, or run his favorite toy, an electric piano. He has no personal experience of where it comes from, even if he does see the wires on which it travels.