Are we too pessimistic in our fears about being too slow to reach a #greentransition; taking #solarpower as an example, at each stage of its development forecasts have under-estimated its development.

Chris Giles (FT) suggests this should modify gloom about dealing with the #climatecrisis... but the Q. is whether #solar is an outlier or typical of #greentechnology' trajectories.

The bigger Q, is whether the 'technological fix' without big behaviour change can work - see earlier post on IPCC