Like we should 10000% be using solar energy and doing the technical work to put solar farms onto the grid, but solar energy (or wind, or any other renewable energy) does not magically avoid the problem that the capitalists still control the means of power production.
Really, there are no purely technical solutions to social problems.
More than half of private houses here have solar panels on their rooftop. People also put them in their gardens or on the balconies of their flats. Right now, I’m generating enough solar power to run my entire home. Solar is absolutely the most democratic form of power generation. Can’t be the only one obviously, but still.
Right, but we still have these giant solar energy plants, as well as the rest of the generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure, under the control of the capitalist class. While it’s absolutely fantastic that solar-photovoltaic power generation is technically available for the masses, it is still a democratic exception to the capitalist reality.
Like I’m not saying that solar power is not democratic, and I agree with you that it is, but that individual acts of democracy are not sufficient (but are still necessary) to change the reality of capitalist power production.
They do own the solar farms though.
Like we should 10000% be using solar energy and doing the technical work to put solar farms onto the grid, but solar energy (or wind, or any other renewable energy) does not magically avoid the problem that the capitalists still control the means of power production.
Really, there are no purely technical solutions to social problems.
Holy fuck, that needs to be repeated ad infinitum.
And, yeah, I agree. My first thought upon seeing this meme was “Who’s gonna make the solar panels?”
More than half of private houses here have solar panels on their rooftop. People also put them in their gardens or on the balconies of their flats. Right now, I’m generating enough solar power to run my entire home. Solar is absolutely the most democratic form of power generation. Can’t be the only one obviously, but still.
Right, but we still have these giant solar energy plants, as well as the rest of the generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure, under the control of the capitalist class. While it’s absolutely fantastic that solar-photovoltaic power generation is technically available for the masses, it is still a democratic exception to the capitalist reality.
Like I’m not saying that solar power is not democratic, and I agree with you that it is, but that individual acts of democracy are not sufficient (but are still necessary) to change the reality of capitalist power production.
And the battery farms to store the energy for the winter/night time.