emily: that was chris terrill with erik schatzker. ahead, we take a look at whether there is any stopping their rooftop revolution. news, take bloomberg a look out bloomberg radio. "the best of bloomberg west" continues after the break. ♪ ♪ emily: welcome back to "the best of bloomberg west." i am emily chang. this week, we took a dive into the world of renewable energy. wind and solar have been thriving despite a historic collapse in the price of oil and natural gas. the sector broke investment records in 2015 and is getting about twice as much global funding as fossil fuels. of those, experts believe that solar energy will really comment to dominate, because it is a technology and not a fuel that will likely become more efficient as time goes on. i asked about is the prevalence of solar inevitable and how soon can we reach the point? >> we are only a 1% of u.s. households penetrated today, but the growth rate we have been able to achieve in eight years, nine years of time from zero to 100,000 customers with adoption 100% year over y

still ahead, we take a look at -- that was chris terrill with erik schatzker. ahead, "the best of bloomberg west" continues. ♪ ♪ emily: welcome back to "the best of bloomberg west." i am emily chang. this week, we took a dive into world the world of renewable energy. wind and solar have been oil thriving despite the collapse in the price of oil and natural gas. the sector broke investment records in 2015 and is getting about twice as much global funding as fossil field. -- fossil fuels. research shows of those, experts believe that energy will come to dominate because of the -- because it is a technology and not a fuel. i sat down and asked, is the product of solar now inevitable and how soon can we reach the point? >> we are only at 1% today, but the growth rate we have been able to achieve in eight years, nine years of time from zero to 100,000 customers with 100% year over year, that starts to compound and it will happen faster. emily: how much faster? lynn: i could imagine solar is about 20% to 30% plus within three years to five years. emily: so, what are

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