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You Are Being Misled About Renewable Energy Technology [Technology Connections] (www.youtube.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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It was challenging to figure out where to put this. It's also environment, and it turns sharply political for Act III.

If you're already familiar with renewables, there's not a lot to learn here but the comparisons with fossil fuels and ethanol. Given that I've been on solar since 2023, I appreciated what he was saying to the uninitiated.

Get yourself some Act II if you plan on making it all the way through ... it's an hour and a half.

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[–] 3 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I dunno, I did going in but what I got from it was his method of explaining it to people that truly don't understand.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago (3 children)

    When you've bolted the panels to your roof, wired everything up, charged the batteries off the mains and flipped the breaker on the solar ahead of turning the master switch, there's more apprehension than waiting in your own wedding processional.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I believe it, most especially in your specific case.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    Basically, there are three possible outcomes. The preferred one when you flip that master switch is that everything works.

    The second is that nothing happens, and now you have to figure out what the fuck has gone wrong.

    The third is an electrical fire.

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