▲ 20 r/dsa
Corporate tales: Ford worker fired over stealing $2 cookie, that he paid for.
phoebewallhoward.substack.comu/Narcan9 — 19 hours ago
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▲ 56 r/dsa
Do you think if Biden/ Harris won the 2024 election, DSA wouldn't be surging like it is today?
If Harris had won Democrats would probably have taken the house, but not had the Senate. They'd probably blame the left for their inability to take more seats. It would be another do-nothing presidency with the country moving further right in 26 and 28.
Pelosi is out. Jeffries is unpopular. Schumer has lost 40 points of net favorability!
Rejecting shitty corporate Dems like Harris seems to be paying off now.
u/Narcan9 — 4 days ago
BREAKING: German prosecutors say Ukraine ordered Nord Stream pipeline sabotage | DW News
Remember Blue Maga kept saying Russia destroyed Nord Stream as one of the reasons the US needed to get involved in the war? The Nord Stream sabotage by Ukraine cost the EU $300 billion in economic damage.
u/Narcan9 — 4 days ago
▲ 5 r/EnergyAndPower
Battery Boom Is Upending Australian Power Market Rules | Switched On
Podcast discussing renewables in Australia
u/Narcan9 — 6 days ago
Comparing 1 acre of growing corn for ethanol, to 1 acre of solar panels to charge EVs
Assumptions (reasonable numbers for US Midwest farmers):
- Corn: 200 bu/acre
- Ethanol yield: 2.8 gal/bu
- Ethanol efficiency: 20 mi/gal (typical sedan mileage)
- Solar: 250 MWh/acre-year
- EV efficiency: 0.30 kWh/mile
A visual chart really puts it into perspective. You need far less land for solar to power EVs, than burning corn ethanol in a combustion engine. That's why switching to solar can reduce land use, and free it for more productive purposes. Solar would also drastically reduce fertilizer and pesticide use, and create buffers zones to reduce agricultural pollution reaching our waterways.
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Before someone jumps in to talk about other byproducts of corn ethanol (Distiller's grain for animal feed, and corn oil), we can just boil it down to the bottom line economics. This gives a good idea of the value of the land use.
| Land use | Typical landowner income per acre |
|---|---|
| Farmer growing corn for ethanol | ~$50–$400 profit/acre/year |
| Cash-renting the land to other farmers | ~$200–$350 rent/acre/year |
| Utility-scale solar lease | ~$800–$1200 /acre/year |
Over 30 years, ignoring inflation:
- Corn land profit: $270 × 30 ≈ $8,100 per acre
- Solar lease: $1,000 × 30 ≈ $30,000 per acre
u/Narcan9 — 7 days ago
▲ 153 r/missouri
Missouri's AECI electric grid is the most carbon polluting in the US. Significantly worse than China, double the US average, and 400% of California.
u/Narcan9 — 11 days ago
▲ 0 r/EnergyAndPower
Just when electricity is needed most, France is cutting 4 GW of nuclear generation during EU heatwave.
reuters.comu/Narcan9 — 12 days ago
▲ 217 r/interestingasfuck
"Lucy" is the oldest roadside attraction in the US. 65 ft tall, 60 ft long, and 18 ft wide. Built in 1882 in New Jersey to promote real estate sales. Potential buyers could view the land from the carriage.
u/Narcan9 — 14 days ago
▲ 145 r/war
Zelenskyy loses Polish state honor over naming of Ukrainian army unit
What's a little genocide among friends?
u/Narcan9 — 16 days ago
▲ 140 r/KyleKulinski
Friendly reminder that Dems and GOP are in the same club.
Also, is Bush hinting that Michelle's breath stinks?
u/Narcan9 — 16 days ago
▲ 7 r/KyleKulinski
PPI inflation up 1.1% in the last month, 6.5% year-over-year.
These numbers have doubled since Trump took office in Jan 2025. (0.4% monthly and 3.5% YoY)
Also, the current 1.1% monthly inflation would equal 14% if it continues for a year.
u/Narcan9 — 25 days ago
An Iowa Town Spent $800,000 on a New Well. It Pumps Undrinkable Water. - Inside Climate News
insideclimatenews.orgu/Narcan9 — 1 month ago
▲ 224 r/interestingasfuck
The highest point on Earth is Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador. Because the Earth's shape is an oblate spheroid, even the ocean surface at the equator is taller than Mount Everest when measured from the center of the Earth.
u/Narcan9 — 1 month ago
▲ 2 r/Iowa
Dave Bushaw for Iowa's 2nd district?
Discuss!
I just saw a short video of him speaking at Wartburg college. He was advocating for eliminating property taxes for veterans. No way would I support that kind of specialty carve out. Generally eliminating property taxes is a republican ploy, that would be replaced with even more regressive sales taxes. I would only support replacing property taxes with a progressive income tax.
The long hair Vietnam look probably isn't going to go over well.
That's too bad. Otherwise I'm open to an independent progressive who supports universal healthcare.
u/Narcan9 — 1 month ago