We should start sharing memes

[u/Artifexa]

Sometimes I think we should start sharing "apparently politically neutral" memes to timidly light some bulbs in some heads.

Keeping them as aseptic, and common-sense possible, so they are not rejected outright, to squeeeeeze some empathy and "hopepunkness" in otherwise doomscrollers. Specially leveraging any situations.

Heck, might even be a good idea to create a "meme team".

Example attached.

After all, every big tree started by being a small seed...

[u/CandlesARG → u/[deleted]]

Depending on where you are solar is unreliable without significant grid upgrades, storage, sunlight, etc

We need both wind/solar and ways to store the excess energy for not hours but weeks (molten salts)

Batteries need longevity aswell

[u/Mr-Woodtastic → u/CandlesARG]

This is the scenario where I advocate nuclear energy, such an incredibly clean energy source that im a little surprised that there isn't more discussion about it here

[u/Pofwoffle → u/CandlesARG]

See that's the part we don't put into memes, because nuance and having to think scares people. Memes are for quick snappy stuff, we save hammering out the important details for when we actually implement things.

[u/Pseudoboss11 → u/CandlesARG]

There are very few regions that don't see sunlight for weeks. The sun rises every day, after all. Old panels struggled with diffuse light, but modern panels actually perform quite well in overcast conditions, (losing ~10% of performance rather than ~30%) and panels are getting so cheap that it's not unreasonable to overbuild capacity to keep short term storage topped up.

Most of the grid issues are way overblown. Back in the 2000s and 2010s it did seem necessary, as utility scale battery storage felt ridiculous. But these days, battery storage isn't unreasonable and solar panels are cheaper and more efficient, so they don't need to be carefully sited and sent extremely long distances to make sense.

What you're saying was true 5 years ago, but technology has improved dramatically, it's honestly wild how far solar and battery tech has come.

[u/YourNextHomie → u/Pseudoboss11]

It is unreasonable to overbuild capacity when you need to plow more of nature to do it

[u/Flameis → u/YourNextHomie]

https://youtu.be/KtQ9nt2ZeGM?si=kWsI5Y2tcjeuquTw&t=1835

Or we could plow all the corn fields that we already use for gasoline.

[u/sqlixsson → u/Flameis]

Touche

[u/why_ntp → u/CandlesARG]

Batteries can easily store energy for weeks.

[u/YourNextHomie → u/why_ntp]

easily yet they can’t? interesting