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Ika Makimaki
Ika Makimaki
@pezmico@mastodon.nz  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

If you are still wondering about the stubbornness of the #FossilFools in charge...

Update: it brings me no pleasure to report that apparently this cartoon is from the 70s, and things have not changed one damn bit.

Cartoon of a CEO character sitting behind a desk with the label BIG Oil saying

You want coal? We own the mines.
You want oil and gas? We own the wells.
You want nuclear energy? We own the uranium.
You want solar power? We own the er... Ah..
Solar power isn't feasible.

Signed by Mike Betero, Dayton Daily News.
Cartoon of a CEO character sitting behind a desk with the label BIG Oil saying You want coal? We own the mines. You want oil and gas? We own the wells. You want nuclear energy? We own the uranium. You want solar power? We own the er... Ah.. Solar power isn't feasible. Signed by Mike Betero, Dayton Daily News.
Cartoon of a CEO character sitting behind a desk with the label BIG Oil saying You want coal? We own the mines. You want oil and gas? We own the wells. You want nuclear energy? We own the uranium. You want solar power? We own the er... Ah.. Solar power isn't feasible. Signed by Mike Betero, Dayton Daily News.
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Stephan Eggermont
Stephan Eggermont
@StOnSoftware@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@pezmico reference to Mike Peters: https://centerforcommunityenergy.org/solar-cartoon-by-mike-peters/

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Ika Makimaki
Ika Makimaki
@pezmico@mastodon.nz  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@StOnSoftware thank you, I had misspelled his name.

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Tony Fisk
Tony Fisk
@arfisk@aus.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@pezmico Actually...

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514985-this-states-power-prices-are-plummeting-as-it-nears-100-renewables/

New Scientist

This state’s power prices are plummeting as it nears 100% renewables

South Australia is proving to the world that relying largely on wind and solar energy with battery back-up is incredibly cheap, with electricity prices tumbling by 30 per cent in a year and sometimes going negative
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Cake & Pudding 🌱
Cake & Pudding 🌱
@iwoakura@twit.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@pezmico Bill Gates: Solar Dimming is inevitable.

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Mad Engineering
Mad Engineering
@madengineering@mastodon.cloud  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@pezmico If.he was smart, he'd note that making solar panels requires a little bit of coal, which he owns. One solar cell factory later, and the solar revolution is also a source of money for him.

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Aho
Aho
@aho@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@pezmico According to this PDF (haven't verified it's real)

https://www.worthingtoncaron.com/documents/1982-APRIL-1-1982_%E2%80%9CCO2-%E2%80%98GREENHOUSE%E2%80%99-EFFECT.pdf

Exxon seemed to have believed in "Greenhouse" Effect, but don't talk with outsiders about it...

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sarpau
sarpau
@sarpau@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@pezmico True so so true

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Michael Engel
Michael Engel
@me_@sueden.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@pezmico With a million Starlink satellites in orbit, the muskrat will probably also try to block out the Sun for us...

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Moisés Pinto Muyal
Moisés Pinto Muyal
@Moises_Pinto_Muyal@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@pezmico

Madness is unstoppable.
That old cartoon still holds up well after being over fifty years old.

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Simon Brooke
Simon Brooke
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@pezmico Indeed, back in 1972-74, I was a member of a crew which produced what in those days was called an 'underground magazine', and we (illegally of course, we were all anarchists) republished that cartoon in a special issue on the Club of Rome Report.

Yes, the #ClimateCrisis is older than you thought -- and still virtually nothing's been done.

https://www.clubofrome.org/publication/the-limits-to-growth/

Club of Rome

The Limits to Growth - Club of Rome

06 February 1972 -
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Nature Punk
Nature Punk
@naturepunk@ecoevo.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@pezmico it's ok, they will invade the countries that have the required minerals and own those mines too. :(

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Jeremy Buffer Jones :tinoflag:
Jeremy Buffer Jones :tinoflag:
@jeremy_pm@mastodon.nz  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@pezmico

Seems like this is an appropriate song in response to both your post and tonights #JukeboxFridayNight

#FireSmokeAndHeat

Lorde - Solar Power

https://youtu.be/wvsP_lzh2-8

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Alexandre Morin
Alexandre Morin
@AlexMorin@techhub.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@pezmico exactly

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