<![CDATA[A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules]]>A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/bb00a702-ffb8-45ab-bac2-69edcaf0903b/a-lot-of-stuff-is-shitty-but-the-rise-of-solar-to-be-the-cheapest-most-efficient-energy-source-kinda-rulesRSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 06:31:20 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2026 13:37:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:04:49 GMT]]>@kernelvoid @darwinwoodka @cwebber wind? if the village is somewhere windy.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.garden/ap/users/116390147230226196/statuses/116461711470340498https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.garden/ap/users/116390147230226196/statuses/116461711470340498Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:04:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:01:08 GMT]]>@be @cwebber I look forward to the day that oil is only used for lubricants

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shark.community/users/FurryBeta/statuses/116461696975179166https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shark.community/users/FurryBeta/statuses/116461696975179166Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:01:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:00:17 GMT]]>@cwebber

Myth: Solar energy is safe and harmless.

Fact: If the sun explodes, it will kill all life on Earth.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/wakame/statuses/116461693691133550https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/wakame/statuses/116461693691133550Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:00:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:00:35 GMT]]>@cwebber @bert_hubert if only our energy market wasn't so irredeemably broken so that we still pay based on the price of the most expensive unit on the grid no matter the actual mean price of generation

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thx.gg/users/interpipes/statuses/116461458921221384https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thx.gg/users/interpipes/statuses/116461458921221384Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:00:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:36:22 GMT]]>@FurryBeta @cwebber Feels pretty silly to be fighting over petroleum in these circumstances.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/be/statuses/116461363708396582https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/be/statuses/116461363708396582Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:36:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:23:36 GMT]]>@mensrea @cwebber bye bye rolling black outs!!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/marion_grau/statuses/116461313494336896https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/marion_grau/statuses/116461313494336896Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:23:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:31:42 GMT]]>@cwebber still hoping, but certain some billionaires fuck it all up even more.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116056513631316930/statuses/116461109429584944https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116056513631316930/statuses/116461109429584944Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:31:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:38:09 GMT]]>@cwebber And, outside the US, the world is actually doing rather well with it, investing, subsidizing, supporting.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/GeePawHill/statuses/116460898821740864https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/GeePawHill/statuses/116460898821740864Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:38:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:28:37 GMT]]>@kernelvoid @darwinwoodka @cwebber that needs just solar at winter level plus batteries

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/StOnSoftware/statuses/116460861342901101https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/StOnSoftware/statuses/116460861342901101Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:28:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:28:07 GMT]]>@cwebber Michael Kosta (Daily show) rightfully awarded Trump with this beautiful trophee yesterday

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pouet.chapril.org/users/douardda/statuses/116460859389843174https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pouet.chapril.org/users/douardda/statuses/116460859389843174Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:28:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:22:12 GMT]]>@cwebber I specifically remember reading articles in my childhood in a pop science mag bemoaning the way that solar panels were expensive and not very efficient and expressing longing for the imagined future where they were cheap and worked well.

Here you go, Focus columnist, this is the future you were dreaming of ❤️🥲

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/http_error_418/statuses/116460836100494660https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/http_error_418/statuses/116460836100494660Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:22:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:14:54 GMT]]>@cwebber Wish we were allowed to out here..

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116460807453756941https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116460807453756941Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:14:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:13:53 GMT]]>@raulinbonn they'd need (concentrated) solar (thermal) power stations (CSP) with thermal storage, and those occupy large areas and might not even produce enough energy for the AI datacentres (and they take longer to build than datacentres). We don't need more AI datacentres, even AI companies are reaching that conclusion.
@cwebber

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ciberlandia.pt/users/jt_rebelo/statuses/116460803396333293https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ciberlandia.pt/users/jt_rebelo/statuses/116460803396333293Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:13:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:07:48 GMT]]>@cwebber There is political push in Denmark to make it mandatory to install solar panels on larger buildings of state and local government.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.dk/users/mjj/statuses/116460779526996697https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.dk/users/mjj/statuses/116460779526996697Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:07:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:06:52 GMT]]>@darwinwoodka @cwebber true however, my intention was small scale i.e home to village level roughly 30 homes.
Can anything other than biowaste, solar and hydro electricity be used?!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116458744303539905/statuses/116460775849981558https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116458744303539905/statuses/116460775849981558Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:06:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:06:38 GMT]]>@cwebber The irony of our “drill baby drill” prez doing more to drive renewables than just about anything else recently

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shark.community/users/FurryBeta/statuses/116460774887992220https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shark.community/users/FurryBeta/statuses/116460774887992220Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:06:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:05:01 GMT]]>Not downplaying just how awful those administrations fucked us over, but modern solar and batteries are generations of tech better than what we had back then. We didn't hit the "cheaper than gas" point until just the last few years.
@darwinwoodka @juliehuz @cwebber

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/JessTheUnstill/statuses/116460768586222243https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/JessTheUnstill/statuses/116460768586222243Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:05:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:03:10 GMT]]>@cwebber It totally rules.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://stefanbohacek.online/users/stefan/statuses/116460761304056042https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://stefanbohacek.online/users/stefan/statuses/116460761304056042Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:03:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:46:06 GMT]]>@juliehuz @cwebber

Same with Gore-Bush in 2000

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/darwinwoodka/statuses/116460694180523548https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/darwinwoodka/statuses/116460694180523548Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:46:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:45:41 GMT]]>@juliehuz @cwebber

Inadvertently at best. Sadly we could've started this journey in the 70s and Carter tried but then Reagan happened and for much the same reasons. The oil industry has been fucking us over for decades.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/darwinwoodka/statuses/116460692508631658https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/darwinwoodka/statuses/116460692508631658Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:45:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:44:01 GMT]]>@kernelvoid @cwebber

There are ones we could use for small projects, but not at scale really. Solar scales better than most other things we've found. From here the big win is better battery technology to store the excess solar power we CAN produce currently.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/darwinwoodka/statuses/116460685966939896https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/darwinwoodka/statuses/116460685966939896Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:44:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:42:12 GMT]]>@cwebber there is and I await Big Oil not being able to find any one individual enemy to fight for that last kWh.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/ownohmanny/statuses/116460678858476202https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/ownohmanny/statuses/116460678858476202Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:42:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:34:42 GMT]]>Waiter! Waiter! 🤚 Yes, more reasons to be hopeful please!!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/SkellySoft/statuses/116460649351411255https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/SkellySoft/statuses/116460649351411255Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:34:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A lot of stuff is shitty but the rise of solar to be the cheapest, most efficient energy source kinda rules on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:59:57 GMT]]>@cwebber I really wish the state of New Mexico would lean into this and wind energy more heavily in our state. To convert just our home to solar would cost $25K. I feel like we could imagine a different future.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/StephanieMoore/statuses/116460512700050070https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/StephanieMoore/statuses/116460512700050070Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:59:57 GMT