Post AwmX4KjINuucHXiKuG by impermanen_@zirk.us
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 (DIR) Post #AwmX4KjINuucHXiKuG by impermanen_@zirk.us
       2025-08-03T00:36:19Z
       
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       Our collapsing petrostate is doing all it can to prop up a doomed oil and gas industry by stopping renewable energy on federal land (most of the Western US). Utility bills are soaring and will only get worse. Long blackouts during heatwaves will be more frequent.Whether you want to save money, stay cool, reduce local pollution, or do your bit for the whole biosphere, it’s a good time to install rooftop #solar and a #battery. There’s still a 30% tax credit and interest rates may never be lower.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwmX4LnaPRwFb8jHEW by nanook@friendica.eskimo.com
       2025-08-03T04:41:04Z
       
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       @impermanen_ Damn, it's the aliens again trying to terraform earth into an antarctic utopia resembling their home planet and starve out us humans in the process.  Send their leader, Klaus Schwab, packing back to Urinasshole, their home planet, now!
       
 (DIR) Post #AwmX4SR9jF9iBbHxk8 by impermanen_@zirk.us
       2025-08-03T00:56:45Z
       
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       The US electric grid is becoming less and less stable. We don’t have enough transmission capacity or political will to fix that. Arguably, distributed renewable power and reduced consumption are the way to avoid very serious collapse scenarios. Solar and battery storage in your own home is a smart idea. I notice when one neighbor installs it a few others usually follow, so it’s actually viral.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwmX4aKiN4kyfwKvoW by impermanen_@zirk.us
       2025-08-03T00:56:46Z
       
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       One other seldom mentioned advantage of rooftop #solar over big solar farms in the desert: your roof is relatively dark and deserts are light colored. The light color means deserts radiate a lot of the heat from the sun back into space—unless they’re covered in black solar panels, in which case the benefit to the climate is reduced because we’ve created a heat island. This effect is negligible with solar modules on a dark rooftop so it’s much more effective for combating global warming.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwmX4iqCjshP3v8C0W by impermanen_@zirk.us
       2025-08-03T01:07:25Z
       
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       It should go without saying that we can’t afford to be building massive data centers that drastically increase rather than decrease power and water consumption. If you see one starting to go up in your area, please join with your neighbors and stamp it out immediately.