A Price On Carbon Is ‘The Most Important Thing’ For Climate Change, Says CEO Of Major Solar Company

PARIS, FRANCE — When Lyndon Rive co-founded SolarCity — now the largest rooftop solar company in the United States — he chose a particular start date: July 4, 2006, meant to represent the company’s stance for independence from fossil fuels. Two years ago, Rive, the company’s CEO, told the New York Times that his goal was to “change the way people get their electricity.” Since then, SolarCity has completed large-scale solar projects for companies like Walmart and eBay, broken into the business of providing rooftop solar to small and medium-sized businesses, and announced the creation of what the company calls the most efficient rooftop solar module in the world...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/12/07/3728926/solar-city-ceo-carbon-tax-credits/