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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Unlike wind and hydro, which require dealing with governments and experts, solar can be sold to anyone with enough money to buy it.

This means that there are a ton of scumbags looking to profit off of those who do not know any better by spreading misinformation and, well, any other tactic they can think of to enrich themselves further.

I've started thinking about this because whenever a discussion about clean energy comes up, there's almost always "solar shills" trying to peddle rhetoric that makes solar out to be the superior option even when it clearly isn't. I have a feeling this is because those individuals have been manipulated by businesspeople into believing and sharing falsehoods so the next time one of their salepeople tries to sell a layperson solar, said layperson is more likely to have come across some propaganda to tilt them more towards making a purchase.

Money brings out the worst in people. I unfortunately don't hold the people in the solar industry above what I'm accusing them of, and if you've been convinced that solar is some kind of panacea relative to other forms of energy, it's possible you've been subjected to propaganda to exploit our naivete.

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[–] uhdeuidheuidhed@thelemmy.club -3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Awww, save your blessings, honey, because with a mind like yours, you’re gonna need all the blessings you can get 💋

[–] uhdeuidheuidhed@thelemmy.club -3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Not really.

I'm not a useful idiot going to bat for the people taking money from me while getting mad at whoever calls it out.

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

That’s literally all you’ve done here, lol

[–] uhdeuidheuidhed@thelemmy.club -3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

I guess you can't read either. I'm not surprised, honestly.

Gonna block ya now since you seem desperate for the last reply. You may have it.

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 3 points 3 hours ago

Your guesses don’t seem to be worth much, lol