Based arguments for solar

Comments

• JelleWho@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have a prediction. The sun will not run out in our lifetime and will keep on shining. Oil might be a problem, and become scarce

  source

  • Duckingold@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you’re wrong about the sun, no one will be saying much.

    source

    • baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      not even the super cool tardigrades that survive in extreme conditions including some amount of outer space?

      source

      • -> View More Comments
  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Elon’s working on it…

    Image

    source
• Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And it’s hard to mine oil on top of almost any building while it’s rather easy to collect solar on almost any rooftop. This decentralizes the grid which is good for disaster recovery and national security.

  source

  • yakko@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You know how capitalists love a disaster. They’ll sell shovels all day while cornering the market on ladders. All the resistance to wind and solar comes from big money.

    source
  • Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bad for profits though. The sun is too free. How are they supposed to make money on this?

    Solar generation stats - live

    source

    • Flower@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They know. Margins on oil are bigger. When oil price goes up, charge customers more immediately and slowly lower them is a classic for a reason. But when you build a solar park, someone invents cheaper panels.

      Luckily they’re not the only people in the energy sector.

      source
    • CareHare@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Don’t let the capitalists see this, might give them a heart attack

      source
    • rounding_error@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      baseeed

      source
    • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They could put a mirror in orbit and charge for nighttime solar.

      source

      • -> View More Comments
  • Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Having a coal mine on my roof also doesn’t really work

    source
• melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  One day, all of elon musks starlink satellites will open up their secret space sails and block out the sun for the benefit of the oil industry. /s

  source

  • Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Honestly wouldnt even surprise me at this point. Seems orchestrating global disasters are his business now

    source

    • WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How difficult would it be to DIY an anti-satellite weapon?

      source

      • -> View More Comments
• Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My governments arguments against solar: we need to build a billion dollar storage facility for natural gas because hydo doesn’t work in dry years and solar is too unreliable.

  Me: you’re saying we need gas because solar is unreliable

  Government: correct, the sun isn’t always shining

  Me: and hydro has dry years

  Government: yes, sometimes it’s just sunny all the time so there’s no rain for the hydo lakes

  Me: 🤦

  source

  • Buckshot@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Meanwhile gas has been really reliable this year…

    source