Lessons for the US in Canada’s Solar Energy Failure:

window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({article:'auto'}); !function (e, f, u, i) { if (!document.getElementById(i)){ e.async = 1; e.src = u; e.id = i; f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f); } }(document.createElement('script'), document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0], '//cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/zengernews-network/loader.js', 'tb_loader_script'); if(window.performance && typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');} window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'UA-160618588-3',{'custom_map': {'dimension1': 'story_id'},'story_id': ''}); Permission given by @advancedglazings.com   Lessons for the US in Canada’s Solar Energy Failure: A Market-Driven Approach to Sustainable Tech Adoption By Dr. Doug Milburn, Co-Founder and Chairman of Advanced Glazings The transition to sustainable energy sources is crucial in our fight against climate change and reducing dependence on fossil fuels. However, the approach to achieving this transition—whether driven by government mandates or market forces—has been widely debated. The Canadian government’s failed attempt to mandate the adoption of solar energy in the late 1970s offers a valuable lesson that is particularly relevant today as we grapple with similar challenges in the adoption of technologies like electric vehicles (EVs). While the adoption of sustainable technologies is essential, Canada’s solar energy experiment suggests that market-driven adoption is more effective than government mandates.   The Canadian Solar Energy Experiment: A Case Study in Government Overreach   In the late 1970s, during an energy crisis,...