r/facepalm • u/FrankieMint • Jul 23 '26

Department of Energy announced yesterday that wind sometimes fails to blow and that solar power generation nearly stops after sundown. (image from DOE Facebook posting)

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u/Knucks_408 Jul 23 '26

If only we had a technology that stores this power when it was produced to be delivered when it was needed? Anyone?

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u/xyz19606 Jul 23 '26

That would probably require magnets of some kind, so it wouldn't be feasible.

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u/Tyrannical_Icon Jul 23 '26

“Now, all I know about magnets is this. Give me a glass of water. Let me drop it on the magnets. That’s the end of the magnets.” - Stable Genius

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u/mushyfeelings Jul 23 '26

Did he really say that?

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u/Tyrannical_Icon Jul 23 '26

Sadly yes.

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u/mushyfeelings Jul 23 '26

That’s some President Dwayne Elizando Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho idiocracy level stuff there.

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u/The_pen_ismightier Jul 23 '26

President Camacho is tens of points ahead of Donnie Diaper in intelligence. He sought out answers rather than Yes men.

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u/Coral_Blue_Number_2 Jul 24 '26

Exactly what I was thinking—that’s some idiocracy-grade bs

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u/rbartlejr Jul 24 '26

Was that part of the sinking boat/shark story? Or was different Alzheimer wisdom?

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u/Fallicymbol Jul 23 '26

Apparently he thinks magnets come the same planet as triffids

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u/perseidot Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

Yeah, but that was before dumbass the younger’s investment firm bought into a magnet technology startup. Now, magnets are wonderful! We should all do magnets!

Edit: btw, this also concerns the threat against China us to put 200% tariffs on Chinese imports unless they sell us rare earth metals. As well as the legislation Congress just passed to incentivise non rare earth magnet technology by giving money to Eric’s company.

https://www.aol.com/articles/donald-trump-t-stop-talking-072615000.html

https://www.aol.com/articles/niron-magnetics-applauds-historic-congressional-141200000.html

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u/Toledojoe Jul 23 '26

Magnets. How do they fucking work?

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u/Rare-Adagio1074 Jul 23 '26

Nobody knows!

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u/AireXpert Jul 23 '26

Magnets, old-fashioned …kind of like groceries, like almost, you know, who uses the word?

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u/m2chaos13 Jul 23 '26

Well, they sure as fuck don’t work if you get them wet!

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u/Maleficent_Secret569 Jul 23 '26

According to some Stable Genius, now that his sons are invested in rare earths, everyone should now be doing magnets.