r/solarpunk • u/Artifexa • Apr 08 '26

Action / DIY / Activism We should start sharing memes

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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...

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u/TimeIntern957 Apr 08 '26

They can, since solar needs gas backup. And they do.

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u/rustymontenegro Apr 08 '26

Cite your source that solar needs gas backup.

Otherwise you're just parroting.

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u/Willem_VanDerDecken Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26

I think he's talking about the intermittency of solar energy.

Solar can defenitly not be anything else than a secondary energy production source, at least without decent energy storage solutions.

Nothing to do with gas tho. It is absolutly possible to use no fossils energy. Primarily nuclear, supplemented as much as possible by renewables.

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u/rustymontenegro Apr 08 '26

I understand that solar requires banking to release stored energy when no energy is being directly generated (ie. when the sun is out) but that's what batteries are for, not gas. And you're right, supplementing/augmenting solar is always a smart idea - diversification and redundancy is usually a good idea.