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Isn't this common knowledge?

I'd say everyone here needs to watch the last 15 minutes, because our mental health really benefits from hearing someone like him rant about how shit the world is.

We're constantly surrounded with propaganda bots trying to get us to lose hope and stop believing what our eyes and ears see of reality, so having someone "normal" and in a place of some authority go "no, shit's obviously fucked and anyone who says otherwise is either insane or evil" does wonders.

A lot of people on here probably don't need this video. There are people out there who aren't all in on climate denialism but they've heard some of the misinfo and feel that "both sides have good points so we probably shouldn't make any big moves until we clear things up". This video is aimed at them. They don't fully buy climate change but they haven't made it part of their identity.

I think he's smart for barely even talking about the environmental aspect. He's selling the idea that it's just way better economics and pointing out why all the arguments against solar are bullshit and always have been. Somebody could see this and realize they've been fed lies to make them confused about a very straightforward decision.

I'm all fairness, he's drawing direct apples to apples comparisons between electrical generation to gasoline production, fuel energy per acreage for corn ethanol vs solar vs wind, cost benefits for investment now and the long term sustainability of stable materials vs consumables. His audience is probably not the people that generally need to be told that electric over fossil fuels is just better, but it's still cool to be able to fully understand the context by giving direct conversions, and useful for having that discussion with others. Honestly, my wife and I started looking at trade in values to possibly switch one of our vehicles to an EV soon, basically entirely because of the points he made about the financial viability now. So, he inspired me, for what that's worth.