Idk what all the world leaders have & haven’t done, but I know we’ve made great progress in green technology. Compared to 2009, we’re poised to more than double the efficiency of solar panels & the installation price per watt has fallen from $8.50 to $2.77. Bigger, better, better understood…and also cheaper.

This is what you want to see if you want the whole world adopting renewable energy sources.

Gets one thinking. A Pringles can or other similar cylinder of size would be fucking brilliant for a controlled sling, expelling its contents at a target. Centrifugal force & whatnot. Over the shoulder, snap the can forward & down.

I encourage you to think about dropping Prime. Saving your money. Their shipping really isn’t that great (anymore), most orders $35 or more ships free, and the money you save ($14/15 per month) can go towards your purchases.

That’s actually kind of hilarious

It is true, apparently they hate homos but really love little boys. Gross little pedo hypocrites.

I’d have to see how it is better than, worse than trees on a case-by-case basis. But generally speaking, I can think of a few reasons this is better:

Trees are messy. They take a long time to grow, they take constant maintenance while growing, then they eventually die. Tree roots fuck up pipes & concrete. If this installation is equivalent to 1 or more trees, it is doing the work in a fraction of the space.

You have serious real estate & infinite rare fish you can sell for a lot of money, and the government isn’t tax-raping your profits to death, you can buy several or more lambos.

Fuck taxes

Yeah, but you know, then you’re in…Detroit. 😕

I’m sure they’re aware. Hell is other people.

Goddamn weirdo cowards. There’s no reason to remove cut & dry, factual information. It’s not like they posted the letter & had annotations, “We love this guy!! Yay!! Hooray, 9/11!” They were like this is from Osama, to America, here it is. There’s nothing for them to be ashamed of; it’s stupid that they are.

Certainly an echo chamber. It is still technically better. I can handle downvotes all day but I will not accept mindless toxicity, personal attacks, and disrespect. That’s Reddit behavior; I think there’s a lot less of that on here.

That comes out, the conversation ends, I block their ass. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The program itself isn’t absurd, but Amazon is a bunch of fucking clowns. I only expect them to fail in the world of logistics. But they’re so big & everybody keeps giving them their money, they can do whatever they want, poorly, forever. They fail ‘up’.

Drone delivery is indeed part of the future of logistics. They just need to make the drones more robust to handle slightly bigger, heavier loads, like at least 10# would be great & a reasonable goal. Arm it with AI so it knows where to drop the payload. Etc etc. There are indeed a number of kinks to be worked out…and who better to crash & burn, learn on than Amazon? 🤡

It’d be for 1 year minimum. And of course it is legally binding, these are the terms. Generally speaking, the only things that are not legally binding are contracts that involve illegal activity or contracts with a minor. Everything else can be enforced.

To address the arguments below…Elon Musk hasn’t drawn up a contract because the offer has not been accepted. Of course he would draw up a basic, legally enforceable contract with these terms…if Wikipedia accepted, and said yes, I want $1B. Please draw up contract. This is how the world works. 🙄 Contracts, legal obligations, ability to enforce them.

Ooo, I like the first one even better, thanks

Man, idk, I like this meme too but if everybody involved knows the meme, I think the open hand plays better. Good one, though… I’m going to use: Is this _____ ? 🤔🫴🏻🦋

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I have plenty of boots & shovels. 😂 Again, it’s not a matter of “luxury”…I am concerned about both personal health & the snow being gone in a timely fashion after a snowfall.

Men who shovel snow are at an increased risk for heart attacks. And that’s just heart trouble; let’s not forget general sprains, strains, & aches. Possible slip-and-falls, I can’t imagine having a bad fall when I’m in my 70s, 80s+.We often see a few significant snow events per year, and to have a surefire way to automatically melt it would be great.

To be fully transparent about my situation…I have a big-ass tractor, too. I can clear the snow without physical exertion. But it’s over at another property, and after a fresh snowfall, I sometimes have to “schedule” time with the tractor jockeying against my parents & my sister, BIL. Annoying.

…but that’s not all, with the tractor method. Extremely, dangerously cold situations can even become too cold for tractors to operate. The diesel will gel unless more questionable additives, methods are used. Operating a tractor is not free, either, and puts more hours on an expensive piece of machinery. There have also been maybe 4 times where I’m clearing the snow, and some kid is on the road in his $2K car, and gets way too close to my $90K tractor when we’re all slogging in terrible, soggy/cold/poor visibility conditions. I’m always polite, of course, but then they leave & I audibly bellow to myself I don’t fucking need this. I don’t!! Why should I haggle with family, operate this good equipment, around the general public if I could avoid that entirely with a heated concrete driveway?

So the only real concern with the square-cube law is physical space occupied, and/or cost. Space isn’t an issue on the farm. 🤠 And sand by the ton is cheap. I was personally thinking about digging a big-ass hole to hold the sand. Line it with junk bricks and/or more concrete, only put money into an insulated “cap”.

The water left on the driveway is an interesting thought, but the driveway won’t be perfectly flat. It’ll have a downward slant, towards the road. If you think it’s enough of an issue, I could maybe put some designs in the concrete that route snow melt run-off off the concrete & into some grass on either side. I know people that heat driveways & they’re fine/dry; it can be done, I’ll ask around. I know it’s marketed as a luxury, but I want heated driveways normalized.

I DO need a lot of heat for this heated driveway, I know it’s ambitious, but I have plenty of reasons for wanting it. Outlined above. Heart attacks/hospital visits? Expensive, waste of time. Tractors, “sharing” operation costs, risk of accidents…expensive. Waste of time. I’m going to pay any way you look at it. Why not pay for a recirculating heat pump, its operation & watch my problems literally melt away??

Forgot to address the gov assist stuff, it’s legit actually, but it’s not exactly the boon normies think it is. So you buy & install solar, with evidence, you document everything & jump through all their little hoops. When you meet their requirements, you’re given a 30% or whatever ‘credit’ on your federal income taxes. Which isn’t exactly free money, but it’s better than a kick in the head & it’s rewarding you for going solar.

Now you wanna talk fucking sus??? All those third-party solar installers, namely, those that “will install for free” or “costs you nothing out of pocket 🤗”. Those guys are sus as all hell. They’re predatory, they’re not trying to help you! Only enrich themselves. Again, IIRC, sometimes they take your gov’t tax credit money somehow. And/or they charge you monthly, or they take money/power you generate via the solar panels…I don’t trust any of it; you’re inviting random-ass people onto your property & they’re installing thousands of dollars in gear you don’t technically own, and you’re pressing your property into servitude until it’s “paid off” in 10, 15, 20 years. Don’t do it. Buy it, own it, get all the benefits for yourself.

So here’s the deal, in a nutshell:

I’m afraid if I “go public” with my goddamn private solar energy setup, AKA I opt into a grid tie-in deal where I feed my excess electric back into the grid, I pay extra for setup. And IIRC my electric provider charges monthly for the “privilege” of tie-in. And these are just the devils we know about! I take the money, I subject my system & my property to scrutiny from third party companies & my state, who knows what stupid shit they might come up with & force onto me.

The best, simplest, cleanest solution I can think of is to privately install enough renewable energy to power my home. And a robust energy storage system that can power my needs when the sun isn’t shining, wind isn’t blowing, etc.

IIRC my electric provider charges $10 or $20, monthly, whether you use their electric or not. <=$240 annually? I call that a small price to pay for energy independence with the insurance of an established electric provider able to take over if system(s) fail.

Alternatively, if renewable energy production/STORAGE options become better & more reasonable in cost, just overbuild like hell & go fully off-grid. Discontinue electric service. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It’s tempting…had a blackout just last night. 😂