This week's comic: The dangers of solar panels
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This week's comic: The dangers of solar panels
Not one utility bill for 5 years after I bought solar. I survived!
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This week's comic: The dangers of solar panels
@jensorensen last panel did it for me
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Comic inspired by this article: https://www.propublica.org/article/michigan-solar-farms-health-concerns-st-clair-county
@jensorensen really funny
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@jensorensen IMo the actual danger of Solar Panels is they sustaint the faith in everlasting raising consumption
@VoquiLeibbrandt When there's no upshot from using electricity you generate at home, why is this a problem? 🫲
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@jensorensen IMo the actual danger of Solar Panels is they sustaint the faith in everlasting raising consumption
the problems we are facing are primarily:
1. destroying the climate with CO2
2. funding vile regimes with petrodollarsyour concern about overconsumption is valid, but when you take your concern as a reason to have a problem with solar, you are only serving the fossil fuel industry
is that your intent?
if it isn't, temper your words and arrange your priorities and speak responsibly
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Not one utility bill for 5 years after I bought solar. I survived!
@dianea We've been thinking about expanding our panels and getting an electric car, which is perhaps were the real "danger" is.
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@jensorensen IMo the actual danger of Solar Panels is they sustaint the faith in everlasting raising consumption
@VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen as every residential rooftop solar user will tell you, at great length, regardless of whether you asked, long after you begged them to stop: generating one's own power makes a person hyper-aware of the energy they're using simply because of how much they love bragging about the energy they're producing vs consuming.
They will also tell you that an increasingly decentralized electrical grid dilutes the political power of the investor-owned utilities.
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@VoquiLeibbrandt When there's no upshot from using electricity you generate at home, why is this a problem? 🫲
🫱 @jensorensen@weezmgk @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen everybody knows solar pannels are produced at no ecological cost and produce no waste at the end of it’s short life cycle. Yeah. I believe in unicorns and sustainable consumism in a finite planet. Capitalism depends on eternal growth, didn’t you know it? Besides, not a ml of oil was needed in the production of any solar pannel… wake up you all technoptimists.
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the problems we are facing are primarily:
1. destroying the climate with CO2
2. funding vile regimes with petrodollarsyour concern about overconsumption is valid, but when you take your concern as a reason to have a problem with solar, you are only serving the fossil fuel industry
is that your intent?
if it isn't, temper your words and arrange your priorities and speak responsibly
@benroyce @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen be nice. Everybody is entitled to an opinion, even if it's not yours.
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@weezmgk @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen everybody knows solar pannels are produced at no ecological cost and produce no waste at the end of it’s short life cycle. Yeah. I believe in unicorns and sustainable consumism in a finite planet. Capitalism depends on eternal growth, didn’t you know it? Besides, not a ml of oil was needed in the production of any solar pannel… wake up you all technoptimists.
@pomubieng How long do you think solar panels last? @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen
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@pomubieng How long do you think solar panels last? @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen
@weezmgk @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen 1000 years
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@pomubieng Incorrect. 30 years or so. @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen
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@pomubieng So you don't have anything of value to say, you're just here to be kind of a dick, right?
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@benroyce @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen be nice. Everybody is entitled to an opinion, even if it's not yours.
@Catha @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen
yes yes
"vaccines are evil"
"trump is our savior"
"we should scaremonger and wring our hands over solar panels"
etc, etc
every opinion is magic and special!
yay!
fuck you
many opinions suck. furthermore, they absolutely deserve to be called out for being ignorant or malicious
and i will do so
you don't like it? well, respect my opinion
"be nice to liars and trolls"
imagine fucking that
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@jensorensen IMo the actual danger of Solar Panels is they sustaint the faith in everlasting raising consumption
@VoquiLeibbrandt I don’t think so, because with Solar panels you can clearly see that energy is limited: they take up visible space, usually close to where you live.
I rather see that people who have their own solar panel at home become more conscious about their energy use.
Because they realize how much cheaper they live if they manage to run big consumers (washing machines, dish washers, the oven) while the sun is up.
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@Catha @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen
yes yes
"vaccines are evil"
"trump is our savior"
"we should scaremonger and wring our hands over solar panels"
etc, etc
every opinion is magic and special!
yay!
fuck you
many opinions suck. furthermore, they absolutely deserve to be called out for being ignorant or malicious
and i will do so
you don't like it? well, respect my opinion
"be nice to liars and trolls"
imagine fucking that
@benroyce
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This week's comic: The dangers of solar panels
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This week's comic: The dangers of solar panels
@jensorensen you missed “nerding out looking at daily, weekly, monthly, annual, and lifetime panel stats, sharing pics and exploring the API to same”
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@Catha @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen
yes yes
"vaccines are evil"
"trump is our savior"
"we should scaremonger and wring our hands over solar panels"
etc, etc
every opinion is magic and special!
yay!
fuck you
many opinions suck. furthermore, they absolutely deserve to be called out for being ignorant or malicious
and i will do so
you don't like it? well, respect my opinion
"be nice to liars and trolls"
imagine fucking that
@Catha @VoquiLeibbrandt @jensorensen
i wasn't rude nor aggressive to the post i replied to. it was perfectly respectful. i called their concern valid
i am however, rude and aggressive to you. for you deranged gatekeeping you deserve it
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This week's comic: The dangers of solar panels
@jensorensen The first panel is sort of correct though. Solar installations can cause serious electromagnetic noise problems if not properly designed and installed. A loop of wire on a roof makes a good aerial, and cheap inverters skip proper filtering.
This doesn't mean you shouldn't have them, but they need to be done properly.
