• 18107 ( 18107@aussie.zone ) English
      18·
      9 months ago

      Pay more today and save money later.

      Solar panels are a single cost for long term savings, oil is an ongoing cost and not reusable.

      Solar + battery is already the cheapest way to make reliable energy today. Even without climate issues it’s the obvious way forward.

        • lefaucet ( lefaucet@slrpnk.net ) 
          4·
          9 months ago

          It’s common for folks paying attention. For the folks too busy to research beyond mainstream “news” a.k.a. billionaire propoganda, no.

          Liars are the main speakers on that platform and they repeatedly say that the surging power costs are because of renewables. It’s not true, but the truth doesn’t pay their salary

        • JayArr ( jabeez@lemmy.today ) English
          3·
          9 months ago

          We have one whole political party that has been all-in on “drill baby drill” for decades now, they don’t let any obvious facts and reality stand in their way.

    • BurgerBaron ( BurgerBaron@piefed.social ) English
      12·
      9 months ago

      He tries for some reason to explain why oil / resource extraction bad compared to harvesting green energy to people who don’t want to listen. Unlikely anyone here needs to watch this really lol.

      • JillyB ( JillyB@beehaw.org ) 
        6·
        9 months ago

        A lot of people on here probably don’t need this video. There are people out there who aren’t all in on climate denialism but they’ve heard some of the misinfo and feel that “both sides have good points so we probably shouldn’t make any big moves until we clear things up”. This video is aimed at them. They don’t fully buy climate change but they haven’t made it part of their identity.

        I think he’s smart for barely even talking about the environmental aspect. He’s selling the idea that it’s just way better economics and pointing out why all the arguments against solar are bullshit and always have been. Somebody could see this and realize they’ve been fed lies to make them confused about a very straightforward decision.

      • Swedneck ( Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
        4·
        9 months ago

        I’d say everyone here needs to watch the last 15 minutes, because our mental health really benefits from hearing someone like him rant about how shit the world is.

        We’re constantly surrounded with propaganda bots trying to get us to lose hope and stop believing what our eyes and ears see of reality, so having someone “normal” and in a place of some authority go “no, shit’s obviously fucked and anyone who says otherwise is either insane or evil” does wonders.