The Future’s so Bright I Gotta Wear Shades!

The future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades! by David Arey   “I study nuclear science, I love my classes I got a crazy teacher who wears dark glasses Things are going great, and they're only getting better I'm doing all right, getting good grades The future's so bright I gotta wear shades.” 1   If you replace “nuclear science” with "solar energy technology," the lyrics suffer. But the reality is that the future for solar energy is blindingly bright. And it has to be if the U.S. and the world are going to kick our addiction to carbon-based fuels. As long as the cost of burning coal to generate electricity and the cost to run ...