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You are being misled about renewable energy technology
Here's some reading for you about who's trying to mislead who: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobil_climate_change_denial
Tell me you didn't watch the video(s) without telling me you didn't watch the video.
The video is one and a half hours long so I don’t blame you, but it had the same point as you
I don't even want to waste 10 seconds figuring that out, when the posting person could spend 2 seconds to make all of us save 10 seconds. Assuming we all have 90 min to spend on THEIR linked video, without saying a word, is arrogance I have no time for.
You spent as least that much when you made the same point as he did
I wrote to you, I didn't send you away to some unknown link.
To me your comments don’t look so different
I see one comment (mine) and two links. There's actually a difference between 0 and 1.
Really? You don't know youtube or how to copy a link without clicking on it? Wow!
If you're 5 you probably shouldn't be using the internet but i can ELI5 you on how to, although i don't think the topic will interest you.
In their defense, most of the time when someone just posts a YouTube link on social media it's a complete waste of time. Video is very slow to get to the point, that's why we're reading!
This particular youtuber is know to be "slow", but thorough in the topics he covers.
This particular video has an "extra" 30m, you can stick to just the first hour.
The TL;DR is that solar makes more sense than coal in the murican Midwest.
"solar makes more sense than coal in the murican Midwest" - Thanks, I actually don't need a 30 minute video for this.
It's a really good video.
No one has even cared to say yet whose it from. Maybe I'm even subscribed. My point is if the person who posts a link doesn't care to say a word, I don't care to click. Everyone here is a random trolling hack unless they show otherwise.
It's Technology Connections, and I can't imagine being so cynical that you assume every single poster is trying to ragebait you unless they cite and summarize every link. Like, why even be here?
"assume every single poster is trying to ragebait you unless they cite and summarize every link"
Nope, that's not it. Wrong conclusion. I explained elsewhere.
"Everyone here is a random trolling hack" doesn't leave a lot of room for alternate meanings.
Would you understand better if I turned my sentence around?: "Unless they show otherwise, everyone here is a random trolling hack." Take your pick, but taking away words is on you. When that poster suggested grid batteries should be underground, that was a signal for playtime. If you want to take that kind of talk seriously, you don't need me anymore. At least my troll sensors warned you.
You can copy paste the transcript (or download the vtt subs with yt-dlp) into any AI and let it hallucinate a summary for you.
Ooh is there a website that does this? I want to bring it down to one step without visiting YouTube.
yt-dlp
Completely different arguments. This is moving the goalposts
Fair, I assumed they meant the channel in context.
It's not moving goalposts, it's level 1 and level 2.
Have to sit through ads just to see it's a 90 minute video with next to no context of why I should trust this person with my time. In a era where most info is at best wildly ignorant and at worst maliciously misleading?
I refuse to believe that anyone using the internet to get smarter doesn't know who Technology Connections is...
Good point.
You watch ads?
😆 🤣 I can't argue with that logic can I? It's the only possible conclusion! Name-calling, insults, etc. You keep dig yourself deeper. But seriously, if my life depends on fossil fuels, you can relax, soak in the sun, and we'll all be crawling to you. You don't even have to bother with trying to mislead anyone.
He called you names after pointing out you can copy a link without opening it. What about that? You implied doing that is impossible:
Those are the emojis of someone who's confidently wrong. Just admit you didn't even bother what the video tries to say by reading the comments.
"you can copy a link without opening it. What about that?"
I have no problem with you doing that.
"You implied doing that is impossible"
Sure ... copying links is impossible ... let's go with that ... confidently wrong ... maybe one day you'll understand.
I promise you I'll never understand wtf you're yapping about.
If it's about capacity factor then most people know about that by now.
I've posted a TL;DR somewhere on the thread already and I don't recall Alec mentioning "capacity factor", but maybe he referred to the same concept by a different name.
You dint know what capacity factor is? Is the main criteria used for comparing different types of power sources.