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From the Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest: A student seeking his purpose in life makes a discovery that could revive a friend’s vital research.

Solar panels on a rooftop in Queens, NY (Photo by Steven Pisano via Flickr). A new “solar homesteading law” could harness rays of sun that fall on roofs and parking lots in cities and advance the aims of energy democracy. What if we seized the sunlight falling unused on roofs, parking lots, and other urban surfaces? From it we could generate electricity, thereby advancing the vital transition away from fossil fuels. This proposal may sound radical to some. But, in fact, solar homesteading simply extends well-worn, U.S. traditions of rural, agricultural settl...