Yes, 1.2kWac. Did I do the estimate correctly? My quick estimate of the power yield under Utah conditions is anywhere between a dollar and $1.50 a day? Does that seem to be in the ballpark?

It took me a while to reply to this. I thought it was a really good comment though.

I didn’t think about landlords doing their usual douchey thing. But of course this is going to happen because anything that disturbs some apartment owners arbitrary aesthetic vision is going to be banned easily.

I read the legislation. it’s only five pages. It is really biased for single home owners without being explicit about that.

The actual law

I think I did the estimate correctly, under typical sunny Utah conditions you would only make about a dollar worth of electricity a day at current rates with the maximum allowed system.

Part is regulations. Utah, of all places, recently passed legislation that requires utilities to allow small solar systems to plug into home systems without an application or fee from the utility.

up to 1200kWac

It sucks to suck … water indiscriminately from finite aquifers to produce food to ship across the globe to feed beef cattle.

Seconded, for the second time!

Paperless is very easy to install and maintain. I use it for both scientific pdfs and random receipts. It’s easy to keep them separate

Right! I don’t need corporate endorsement to exist.

Now vote him out. Give no quarter.

Yeah, this is the one. Rainn Wilson was great in that role and Nick Frost would give a very different spin. I think he is softer and would be more charmingly narcissistic. Rainn’s Mudd was more obvious in his commitment to the grift.

Teams of orbit-based Tactical Assault Biologists plotting optimal dispersal patterns…

All gymnosperms matter! Also nitrogen fixers. Some saprophytic thingys too. We don’t need more coal deposits.

We are complaining about the fact that the field of economics is a tool only of the rich. They exist to justify wealth and greed. You wrap it in jargon and chortle about it when you are allowed in the parlors of your betters. I’ve been there, I’ve seen it.

Words matter and your choice of words sucks.

I’m more in favor of orbital nurseries and continental bombardment.

Economists should take an English class then. Why use a word to describe a thing that doesn’t mean what the word means?

Anyone that calls any labor ‘unskilled’ is gonna get a black eye. It’s insulting and it only comes up when looking for excuses why people are underpaid.

Sure! Let’s rein in capitalism!

This is probably somewhat pedantic but capitalism that is properly tamed by socialism is no longer capitalism. Yes, capital will always exist, but once you adopt an economic system that subjugates capital to human needs, it’s not capitalism anymore.

Nope. Capitalism is the name of the cause of that doomerism.

You don’t have to be a dirty commie to be solarpunk, but I am personally very adamant that none of the solarpunk vision can come true without a fundamental re-jiggering of our economic mindset.

I’m thrilled. I never once asked Target their opinion on my sexuality and was never thrilled at being used by them.

My freedom to live will never be protected by a for-profit company.

I think I agree here. Corporate sponsors have proven to be fair-weather friends (shocked, shocked, I say!)

There is money to be made by vendors so the event will happen without a Target logo on everything. It is big enough to be an organic affair, as it should be.

Class solidarity trumps all!

It will not fail if we don’t assert our collective voice loudly and aggressively.

I was raised in a Christian cult and fought my way out of that. It was nice to enjoy a bit of social acceptance for about 15 years while I dealt with that damage.

There is no god damn way I am going back into that closet.