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NNadir

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5. Well, you clearly missed the point, but no matter.

Reply to thought crime (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 2, 2026, 11:45 AM

Yesterday

The point was that so called "renewable energy" is a filthy and unsustainable adjunct to and is dependent on fossil fuels, and thus represents a gotesquely expensive environmental and financial insult to the future of humanity and the ecosystem beyond and is therefore unworthy of further pursuit.

This may or may not clarify my position in some minds but it represents as clear a statement as I can make at this point.

Happy New Year.

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