The other big climate development is good news: due to technological breakthroughs, solar energy has dropped dramatically in price and is now much cheaper than fossil fuels. Long considered a luxury for chardonnay-sipping environmentalists, solar energy now has the potential to become the energy choice of beer-drinking workers concerned about the cost of living. The very thing that’s exciting about solar energy — its abundance and low cost — also makes it of little interest to investors. All this raises the question: why should profits for investors be given priority over affordable, clean energy for all? If the Carney government wants to fast-track projects in the national interest, how about this: a youth climate corps.