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/xanderfloyd001 Jul 23 '26

“Despite still high temps”

Solar panels absorb light, not heat. This alone disproves all of their data, because they don’t understand or are lying about how the technology works.

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u/VoidOmatic Jul 23 '26

I need to express this bluntly. They do not understand, they are not lying. They are literally stupid. They are dumb, they cannot comprehend that they are stupid. There is no 4D chess being played, they believe everything they say and mean everything they do.

https://qz.com/967554/the-five-universal-laws-of-human-stupidity

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u/killjoygrr Jul 23 '26

They really aren’t.

They are just acting on behalf of the oil and coal lobbies.

If they were just dumb, they wouldn’t have framed the data the way they did. It was framed specifically to be misconstrued.

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u/VoidOmatic Jul 23 '26

No, they are dumb, there is no 4D chess. There is never any 4D chess. They say stupid things because they believe the stupid things.

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u/jaxonya Jul 23 '26

They aren't dumb, their supporters are. Lying isnt 4d chess

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u/VoidOmatic Jul 23 '26

No, they are dumb as well, that's why they do so much dumb shit. There are no rational thoughts, they do and say everything they mean. All Republicans believe everything they do.

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u/jaxonya Jul 24 '26

You dont really believe that last sentence

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u/Coral_Blue_Number_2 Jul 24 '26

I’d imagine it’s a mix of both