The Hidden Cost of Solar Delay
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John Pepi built a narrated talk from the group’s forest-and-solar work. It runs about nineteen minutes.
The talk traces one scenario. Massachusetts protects forest land but builds solar too slowly to meet its climate plan. The state pays twice. It burns more fossil fuel for power now, and its forests carry a larger carbon debt later. A 20 percent solar shortfall from 2026 to 2050 would leave Massachusetts needing roughly 88,000 more forest acres to absorb the carbon it failed to avoid.
Watch the presentation. The page has the video and a full transcript.