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When someone today complains that solar power is still too expensive, or that cell phones and flat screen TVs in the hands of poor people proves they aren't rea
by varelse 5y ago
When someone today complains that solar power is still too expensive, or that cell phones and flat screen TVs in the hands of poor people proves they aren't really poor, they immediately flip my Bozo bit. To be fair people who hate nuclear power have always flipped my Bozo bit although they might have done the job delaying its adoption long enough for solar power to become cheaper by now.
- ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago> or that cell phones and flat screen TVs in the hands of poor people proves they aren't really poor I have been to a social services building, many times, that also has a homeless shelter. I often see shelter residents hanging outside. They almost all have cellphones. They are probably bottom-tier Android devices (all the phones I saw looked like smartphones). Instead of making me think that “the homeless are coddled,” it reinforces my opinion that smartphones have become a basic human requirement.
- varelse 5y agoDerrick Soo, the homeless candidate for mayor of Oakland, has solar panels on his tent to charge his devices. And good on him!