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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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The Left is doing it wrong.

We need to stop calling it the green New Deal; and call it the Patriot Power Act.

We’re not trying to go green or “Woke”. No! We’re making ’Merca energy independent! We’ll stop importing oil from the tourist countries! And be energy self sufficient!

—BRANDING!!

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[–] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Light Power! Light Power! Light Power!

[–] satanmat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
[–] NewPerspective@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

"We should change things so those assholes will be better" boy do I have news for you!

You give them too much power.

[–] lieuwestra@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Call it Portable Patriot Power so people don't have to repay their loan for them.

[–] cricket97@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

reddit tier humor

[–] GregoryTheGreat@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

FreedomPower

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I hate that you're right.

It's actually funny that we/they haven't been all about oil independence after the 70s oil embargo. More nuclear plants. Long term research into fusion, solar, battery tech. It would have been so much easier now.

[–] SpeedLimit55@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Even my Tesla and Prius driving neighbors don’t have solar panels on their roof. The math doesn’t really make sense yet for most residential installations.

[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Even for people with houses in locations where it makes sense, let alone those with sufficient roof space, it is a massive investment that will maybe zero-out on itself within a decade. And that's all complete speculation too

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

But those are just facts and you’re using logic. You’re even implying it’s a good idea when the numbers make sense.

I live in an area that’s not the greatest for solar, but it has state incentives to help encourage adoption. The argument is whether to expect payback after 12 years or after 4. I’m not planning to live in my current house in 12 years

It’s also a bit of a misdirection, because wind and solar at industrial scale are well proven to have a strong payback. There are people who don’t let their beliefs get in the way of a good business case, but there are still a very loud minority who will not believe it

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

The sun shines most on 'merica

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