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astridv ([personal profile] astridv) wrote2013-02-09 10:48 pm

The world according to Fox News...

Yesterday I learned that Fox News Claims Solar Won't Work in America Because It's Not Sunny Like Germany.

And I laughed.

Then I cried a little, specifically when I saw the charts that depict the actual photovoltaic resource of Germany compared to the US. Guys, we're getting less sunlight than Alaska. Alaska. That I did not know. I did know that we're not exactly getting a *lot*... one can't really help but notice. Last month it was an all-time low record of 10 hours. (Ten!) (That was for the entire month of January, where I live.)

I assume Alaska ranks a little higher than us because of all the sun they get during the summer. But still, it's frikking depressing, is what it is. About as depressing as the brain-frying stupidity emanating from Fox News' air waves.
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[personal profile] icarus 2013-02-10 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I laughed at that. Came back to it later, and laughed again. When I was an exchange student in Germany (granted it was winter but) it was gray Every. Single. Day.