#ToxicOptimism

Some "good" headlines of recent days: #Anthropic the paragon of virtue! The world a better place if we buy useless crap from European #corporations, not U.S. ones! #Solar makes us independent of oil and #geopolitics!

Last time I checked, though, #Amodei is still an utterly deluded #broligarch, European corporations are just as greedy as U.S. ones, and #solar_panels come from China.

We need real change. Not feel-good straws to grasp at while we continue our fall...

#SGU #TheSkepticsGuideToTheUniverse:
The Skeptics Guide #997 - Aug 17 2024

#Election Scams; News Items: Childhood #Vaccines, Alien #Solar_Panels, Stuck in the #ISS, #Framing and #Global_Warming, Promoting #Homeopathy; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Webseite der Episode: https://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcast/sgu

Mediendatei: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/skepticsguide/skepticast2024-08-17.mp3

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Amendment to require solar panels on new buildings

台北時報

#Solar_Panels aus dem Drucker sollen #Energieprobleme lösen ...

Die #University_of_Newcastle in Australien will gedruckten Solar-Panels zum kommerziellen Durchbruch verhelfen. Das Material ist schnell und billig herzustellen und soll konventionellen Panels in vielerlei Hinsicht überlegen sein.

https://m.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Solar-Panels-aus-dem-Drucker-sollen-Energieprobleme-loesen-3780717.html