My dad hates solar and throws literally fits when he see panels on someone's house. Doesn't effect him at all. He lives in Texas so I wouldn't be surprised if he made the complaints.
I remember when that was the normal not only Texas but everywhere. When I was kid it was normal to wave at passing cars, and your neighbors. Now everyone hates everyone else.
And can't let people do what they want for themselves or their homes. Hell it doesn't even effect them.
A lot of the people in my neighborhood are actually pretty friendly, in an idealized-small-town sort of way. But I live in one of those "scary" "inner-city" neighborhoods with The Blacks™ and The Gays™ and whatnot, so it's a little different for me.
Meanwhile, my Boomer parents, who live out in the suburbs, complain that their subdivision has gone completely to Hell. Funny, that.
It felt genuine to me. The vibe I used to get from Texas was Republican by convenience. Republicans deliver a lot of what Texans wanted, and the weird annoying social conservative stuff was along for the ride. I always felt like most Texans really didn't give a fuck if you were white black blue or purple if you kept to yourself and didn't bother them
You should tell him that oil is basically a chemical battery for biological solar panels.
That energy came from the sun too, just it was a long time ago and a tree probably converted into cellulose that went undigested for millennia until it was geologically transformed into fossil fuels.
Tell him it's fine if he's a hippie and wants to wait around a million years for his yuppie artisanal solar derrivitives, but you're a man and you just want your power NOW
My “scam” has caused my electric bill to effectively drop below zero when averaged over the whole year. And that includes charging our EV, which means the “scam” is saving me a boatload of cash given gas prices these days.
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HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 31 pts · 105d
My relative, who works for one of the biggest oil companies in the world, declares whenever it comes up that solar is a scam. I despise my own family
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 105d
My dad hates solar and throws literally fits when he see panels on someone's house. Doesn't effect him at all. He lives in Texas so I wouldn't be surprised if he made the complaints.
TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca · 21 pts · 105d
I remember when people in Texas prided themselves on minding their own goddamn business
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 105d
I remember when that was the normal not only Texas but everywhere. When I was kid it was normal to wave at passing cars, and your neighbors. Now everyone hates everyone else.
And can't let people do what they want for themselves or their homes. Hell it doesn't even effect them.
grue@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 104d
A lot of the people in my neighborhood are actually pretty friendly, in an idealized-small-town sort of way. But I live in one of those "scary" "inner-city" neighborhoods with The Blacks™ and The Gays™ and whatnot, so it's a little different for me.
Meanwhile, my Boomer parents, who live out in the suburbs, complain that their subdivision has gone completely to Hell. Funny, that.
Jude_the_Obscure@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 102d
Hood gays are the most ride or die people on earth
grue@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 104d
Do you? Or do you remember when they falsely claimed to mind their own goddamn business?
TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 104d
It felt genuine to me. The vibe I used to get from Texas was Republican by convenience. Republicans deliver a lot of what Texans wanted, and the weird annoying social conservative stuff was along for the ride. I always felt like most Texans really didn't give a fuck if you were white black blue or purple if you kept to yourself and didn't bother them
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 101d
Thought it was a free country, these people would fit in with the Gestapo very well.
Is that a battery you are hiding under the floorboards?
TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca · 20 pts · 105d
You should tell him that oil is basically a chemical battery for biological solar panels.
That energy came from the sun too, just it was a long time ago and a tree probably converted into cellulose that went undigested for millennia until it was geologically transformed into fossil fuels.
Tell him it's fine if he's a hippie and wants to wait around a million years for his yuppie artisanal solar derrivitives, but you're a man and you just want your power NOW
IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 105d
My “scam” has caused my electric bill to effectively drop below zero when averaged over the whole year. And that includes charging our EV, which means the “scam” is saving me a boatload of cash given gas prices these days.
ResistingArrest@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 105d
Do you have tips for how to handle a relative who’s engaged with a pretty directly evil company/business practice?
FaceDeer@fedia.io · 5 pts · 105d
See if you can invest? Evil is doing very well these days.
Spur4383@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 105d
This is not complaining about solar, this is complaining about companies promising something and failing to deliver.
kylie_kraft@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 105d
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 105d
Thanks fixed it.
SillyDude@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 105d
This Texas? Don't tread on Texas Texas? What a bunch of pussy little snowflakes.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 101d
Looks like a fully extended wind sock, full speed ahead on building wind turbines!!!