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The Absurd GOP
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RE: The Absurd GOP
May 27, 2023 at 12:01 pm
(May 27, 2023 at 3:09 am)Rev. Rye Wrote:
(May 25, 2023 at 12:48 pm)Dmitry1983 Wrote: Both of these countries spend less on welfare than the US.

You are aware that it's easier to spend less when you have less to spend, right? 

as percentage of GDP obviously
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RE: The Absurd GOP
May 27, 2023 at 7:47 pm
Quote:as percentage of GDP obviously
No simply no.... Dodgy
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RE: The Absurd GOP
May 28, 2023 at 12:33 am (This post was last modified: May 28, 2023 at 1:01 am by Fake Messiah.)
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RE: The Absurd GOP
May 28, 2023 at 1:01 am
Renewables are unreliable and batteries are expensive.
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RE: The Absurd GOP
May 28, 2023 at 3:56 am
(May 28, 2023 at 1:01 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote: Renewables are unreliable and batteries are expensive.

Yeah, the way the sun keeps switching itself on and off is what makes solar power a bad idea.

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RE: The Absurd GOP
May 28, 2023 at 4:06 am
(May 28, 2023 at 1:01 am)Dmitry1983 Wrote: Renewables are unreliable and batteries are expensive.

You're still here?

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RE: The Absurd GOP
May 28, 2023 at 10:51 am
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RE: The Absurd GOP
May 28, 2023 at 10:58 am
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.

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RE: The Absurd GOP
May 28, 2023 at 11:00 am (This post was last modified: May 28, 2023 at 11:03 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Renewables are unreliable and batteries are expensive (though the cost isn’t really the worst issue on that front).

As for solar, or any other renewable, being 10 times more expensive. Even if that were so, utility providers are installing more renewables because they’re more profitable than fossil fuel plants.

That the profit motive has flipped in their favor ensures a veritable mountain of renewables coming down the pipe, and many of the concerning things about them that have very much been swept under the rug in order to build support for greater deployment will soon become the most pressing issue of our time.
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RE: The Absurd GOP
May 28, 2023 at 1:59 pm (This post was last modified: May 28, 2023 at 2:01 pm by The Architect Of Fate.)
"Change was inevitable"


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