13 pointsby Brajeshwar11 hours ago1 comment
  • joshstrange8 hours ago
    The anti-solar crowd might be the dumbest [0] group of people in existence. It's a culture war and probably our stupidest one yet.

    I have a friend who's dad thinks "solar is a scam, it doesn't work", nevermind the fact that every year when they go a race (Daytona, I think?) the son uses a large rechargeable battery and a solar panel to keep it charged they they use for their phones/tv/etc. Nope, still a "scam".

    Between that and all the "the power grid can't handle everyone buying an electric car" or "electric cars actually take more non-renewables than ICE cars"-crowd I want to pull my hair out.

    [0] aka, most manipulated (manipulatable?)

    • hn_acker4 hours ago
      > Between that and all the "the power grid can't handle everyone buying an electric car"

      Blow the dad's mind with "the power grid can't handle the excess electricity generated on consecutive sunny days (yet)" [1]. (I'm partly kidding, because will he really believe it?)

      [1] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/14/uk-house...

    • jimt12346 hours ago
      The one I hear often is "Solar's never gonna work because...nighttime!", like no one's ever considered that.