What Saul Griffith thinks about solar

@saul-griffith · 18 positions

Australian-American engineer and inventor; founded Otherlab and co-founded Rewiring America and Rewiring Australia, which advocate household electrification. Author of Electrify (2021) and The Big Switch (2022); writes the Energy & Stuff newsletter.

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2 dated positions, 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Saul Griffith has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 7 Nov 2025

   Our readingIt will be economic to overbuild solar on rooftops, carparks, and various other structures.

   Their wordsIt will be economic to overbuild solar, rooftops, carparks, commercial buildings, industrial buildings, agrovoltaics, agricultural (barn) rooftops.

   ↗Electricity "too cheap to meter" is so... 1975. FREE ELECTRICITY is 2025!energyandstuff.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece

2. 4 weeks earlier

3. 13 Oct 2025

   Our readingUnnecessary soft costs in the US create a significant difference in the cost of installing rooftop solar compared to Australia.

   energyAmerica

   Their wordsThese un-necessary soft costs account for the 7.5X difference in cost, and is a big part of why Americans can't have cheap electricity yet.

   ↗Sam Altman vs. Jane Goodallenergyandstuff.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece