Call it Reagan Power
this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2023
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Modern repubs consider his form of conservatism outdated. It's not nearly hateful enough.
this is not new. wearing face masks was branded as a patriotic duty all the way back during spanish flu (1918) https://www.history.com/news/1918-spanish-flu-mask-wearing-resistance
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"We should change things so those assholes will be better" boy do I have news for you!
You give them too much power.
Light Power! Light Power! Light Power!
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Call it Portable Patriot Power so people don't have to repay their loan for them.
Even my Tesla and Prius driving neighbors don’t have solar panels on their roof. The math doesn’t really make sense yet for most residential installations.
Even for people with houses in locations where it makes sense, let alone those with sufficient roof space, it is a massive investment that will maybe zero-out on itself within a decade. And that's all complete speculation too
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reddit tier humor
I hate that you're right.
It's actually funny that we/they haven't been all about oil independence after the 70s oil embargo. More nuclear plants. Long term research into fusion, solar, battery tech. It would have been so much easier now.