Today is the two-year anniversary the Probably True Solar Stories #podcast. In that time, we’ve had three seasons and nearly 10,000 downloads of 35 original short solar fiction stories—and even some original solar music made with the help of AI. Season Four is being written and produced right now and I hope to get it out before the end of 2024. I still get questions about why I’m writing fictional solar stories, and I think the short answer is that they’re needed. Solar fiction is needed because there’s still plenty of oily, gassy opposition to solar and climate action, and fiction is a sneaky guerilla way to educate people in a fun and entertaining format. Solar fiction is needed because we still need 700,000 brand new solar workers by 2030, and fun cotemporary solar stories may be just the nudge needed to inspire someone to leap onto the solar coaster and apply their skills to a solar job. Solar fiction is needed because despite over 5 million solar installations in the U.S. alone, solar PV is invisible in traditional film, television and pop culture. When we tell fun solar stories, people can get excited about solar tech, solar people, and understand solar policies in the context of a strange and wonderful tale. Strange and wonderful solar tales are also far more memorable than facts, figures, and policy papers. Good storytelling not only stays with you, but if you really like them, you’ll share them with others, and hopefully share them with even more stories. Now, let me just say that I’m not the only person in the world who can write fictional solar stories. But sadly, I seem to be the only one who’s doing it for now. I know there are many, many, more creative solar fiction writers out there. If you love to write solar stories or even creative essays about your personal life and experiences in the solar industry, please send them to me! I’m happy to promote other solar voices on The Probably True Solar Story podcast. And if you don’t like the sound of your voice, I’m happy to record them. Submit your stories via ProbablyTrueSolar.com. And if you haven’t already, listen to all past Probably True Solar Stories on the website or your favorite podcast streaming service. Thank you for listening. Be bold for solar. Stand out and educate.

Check out the Probably True Solar Band's first music video! It's called "A Ballad for Greta T." I think you'll find it moving... and perhaps controversial. But #ClimateAction speaks louder than "blah, blah, blah," as Greta would say. For the live-ish recording at the Kilowatt Club, listen to the latest episode of Probably True Solar Stores here: probablytruesolar.com/ballad… #energytwitter #solar #ClimateActionNow #ClimateJustice #ClimateEmergency

Probably True Solar Songs: Bye Bye Utility Bill. Hello, Solar Thrill! (Live!... Kind of) dlvr.it/T53S2g

Woo-hoo! The Probably True Solar Band just dropped a soulful break-up song, "Bye, Bye Utility Bill, Hello Solar Thrill!" The song was inspired by a Valentine's Day blog post from the great #Solar Rosana Francescato. Read her more comprehensive breakup story here: flowerchild.substack.com/p/v… Then listen to the musical version: probablytruesolar.com/bye-by… Tomorrow, we drop our last song, "A Ballad for Greta T.," the best of all of them, I think. Let me know your favorite. #energytwitter #solar #climate #solarpower #CleanEnergy

Hey, @JesseJenkins, @robinsonmeyer @Deese44. Heard your pod this morning. Perhaps this is the State of the Union climate and #solar and clean energy people wanted to hear.... Or it's what I wanted to hear. :) Hope you like it: probablytruesolar.com/biden-…

I had a fantastic conversation with the great Sean White about the @ProbTrueSolar podcast, solar pop culture, The Energy Deep State, why I'm called "Solar Fred," solar murder mystery stories, bad solar movies, nuclear bros, and so much more! Sean just kept asking such great questions. Thanks, Sean! Listen to the interview on Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0xA… #solar #energytwitter #climate #solarpower #solarenergy #climate #RenewableEnergy

What if Winnie-the-Pooh went #solar and Tigger was his solar installer? That could be a great way to teach kids about solar power and the process of going solar. Just sayin'. probablytruesolar.com/Pooh-w… #EnergyTransition #Solarpower #solarenergy

True story: In 2022, when I first recorded this Probably True Solar Story about Winnie-the-Pooh going solar, I found out three hours before publication that Tigger was NOT in the public domain until 2024... So I rewrote and re-recorded everything for Rabbit to be Pooh's installer. But I always loved the Tigger version, and now that it's 2024, here's the original. If you have young kids, this might be a fun way to teach them about solar and get them interested in reading the original AA Milne books too. Hope you enjoy it. #energytwitter #kids #kidsbooks #winniethepooh probablytruesolar.com/Pooh-w…

In case you missed it at @REPlusEvents in September, here's the live storytelling that tells the Probably True version of a TRUE solar story when two solar friends asked me to officiate their wedding at the conferences. The true story went great. The Probably True story... not so much...but the solar family came through! probablytruesolar.com/lets-g…