every time I see this graph

[harald_korneliussen@mastodon.partipirate.org]

@susankayequinn I guess some of it, at a certain time of the day, probably travels through the Strait of Hormuz. But not enough to matter.

[susankayequinn@wandering.shop]

@Harald_Korneliussen haha true, but the only people who care about the photons traveling through the Strait of Hormuz are the plants/animals/beings in the Strait of Hormuz

and that's the kind of radical groundedness that can change the world

[wifiwits@infosec.exchange]

@susankayequinn because there is no option other than oil or gas… https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn877d27gndo

Curiously all those rural homes that are not, and never will be, on the gas network do have electricity.

[brad@1040ste.net]

@Wifiwits @susankayequinn Not mention they have roofs and, in many cases, a spot of land around them that could host a PV panel or 7.

Imagine the effect turning on the money tap or shaking a few leaves from the magic money tree would have in bringing energy independence to people living in rural areas.

[wifiwits@infosec.exchange]

@susankayequinn @brad I do understand the capital outlay is too much for many, but there are creative ways around that.

[susankayequinn@wandering.shop]

@Wifiwits @brad
the capital outlay is too much solely because we/they don't collectively make the government prioritize it

Like you wouldn't say the people who live next to the bridge should come up with the capital outlay for the bridge

somehow the clean energy transition is supposed to be different

[wifiwits@infosec.exchange]

@susankayequinn @brad woah there communist… where I’m from we only do that collective thing if we’re burning wood pellets imported from irreplaceable Canadian forest… or nuclear.

[susankayequinn@wandering.shop]

@Wifiwits LOL

@brad

[wifiwits@infosec.exchange]

@susankayequinn @brad I also wish there wasn’t quite so much truth in that.

[susankayequinn@wandering.shop]

@Wifiwits don't get me started about how the only collective thing we do here is use tax money to fund war

@brad

[leeuw@universeodon.com]

@susankayequinn Hi there ! Solar looks clean and perfect here in Europe. If you look at the poor workers in China working in the factories that produce those panels (with coal energy coming from south America)... stop pollution globally and stop thinking we are doing a good job promoting solar energy and electrical cars here. Rivers turn green in China, air is polluted for our "green" energy here. Are we human or what ? @bart