Large houses in hot climates don't have enough roof space to accommodate the number of panels you would need to displace grid power. Using obsolete panels that generated less power when they were new is only going to make the problem worse.

Leaning into unreliable power sources when demand is increasing is just going to make any supply issues worse.

Someone posted what they pay for electricity in California and what their buy back rate is and their rates are insane.

FWIW, they did say the push notification promoting a Nazi was an error that got debugged. https://arstechnica.com/tech-p...

There is a school of thought which holds that past a certain scale, effective moderation becomes impossible. I've done moderation work and it took tons of judgement.

I know what that would do to my morale.

The story "Q. U. R." had an inventor simplify robots which were going insane from having humanoid features they had no use for. 1943.

If you don't understand the math behind unsecured debt, you shouldn't call yourself a nerd.

The key bit of financial ignorance here is not understanding that credit cards are unsecured loans.

Other forms of credit have lower interest rates because the risk of default is mitigated by the ability to seize and sell an asset used to guarantee.

Being unable to pay your bills on time (or at all) increases how much you pay for all forms of credit.

Been there and done that. The spouse was once saddled with an EV as a rental because all the regular cars were already taken.

The experience was so horrible that there is zero chance of us ever getting an EV.

You can probably find the space to hang a 85" TV even if you have an apartment the size of a shoe box.

DEI is just Jim Crow turned around so that the perpetrator switches place with the victim.

Nuclear can generate power reliably regardless of the weather or time of day. Nuclear or coal will be picking up the slack when the sun isn't out.

Solar panels also degrade in high heat like any other type of electronics.

But they still quote "the pen is mightier than the sword", which in context is a superb description of good government:: "Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword". He should get credit. Besides, the opening of Paul Clifford was standard Victorian style.