this post was submitted on 14 May 2026
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A Boring Dystopia
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You should tell him that oil is basically a chemical battery for biological solar panels.
That energy came from the sun too, just it was a long time ago and a tree probably converted into cellulose that went undigested for millennia until it was geologically transformed into fossil fuels.
Tell him it's fine if he's a hippie and wants to wait around a million years for his yuppie artisanal solar derrivitives, but you're a man and you just want your power NOW