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Solar power capacity has increased, and price decreased, faster than anyone's predictions. It's already below fossil power operating costs at parts of the world, will be so everywhere, as @ramez shows here. https://buff.ly/2WTGtox
The lockdowns alone won't have a lot of impact on CO2 total budget. However, they show that change IS possible, and if this would be a beginning of a trend to shut down fossil power, that would have a lot of impact. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/climate/coronavirus-coal-electricity-renewables.html
And this all matters, because climate change will only make epidemics more likely, and our situation more fragile. Arctic sea ice, an early indicator of that change, has reduced by 20% in the last decade. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/icesat-2-measures-arctic-sea-ice-thickness-snow-cover
The analysis I shared in the beginning of this thread gained more attention over the weekend via this article in PV magazine. Same data, though, and the original gives MUCH more detail. https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2020/05/19/sunny-places-could-see-average-solar-prices-of-0-01-or-0-02-per-kilowatt-hour-within-15-years/
