Talk:3226: Home Solar

Beep Boop 216.25.182.141 21:49, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Black Hat, because who else??? 64.201.132.210 21:52, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Title text may refer to policy decisions in the second Trump administration which promote the use of fossil fuels or undo existing policies which promote the use of renewables. The burning of industrial waste in his front yard may or may not be an oblique reference to the environmental damage being done in the current war in Iraq, in which petroleum-processing facilities and ships containing oil are being set on fire. 64.201.132.210 21:56, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Possible, and logical. Let's not ignore the possibility that this is just random environmental activism from Randall though, like what he seems to be exhibiting in xkcd #2948. WikipedianPolitician (talk) 22:00, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Just to note, for future readers who might get confused (who knows what they remember of this particular moment in time, and what's going on in their era), the war is in Iran right now (and/or the region in general, but not particularly in Iraq more than also in plenty of other places nearby). The "War in Iraq" was Bush's thing (Senior or Junior, either or both), mainly, give or take what spilled over into subsequent Administrations. And, by the way, the current President always said that the Iraq thing was a bad idea, and that starting wars was always a bad thing, and... (I could go on. But one can't really do much satire about it, because straight reality is already being plainly ridiculous in its own right.) 81.179.199.253 23:58, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Could be just replacing an environmentalist's excuses for not getting solar with the exact opposite, because Black Hat. Picture the following:

   [Black Hat and Cueball stand next to a house with an oil fill spout outside]
   Cueball: Wait, you have an oil furnace? I thought you were against fossil fuels. 
   [Black Hat and Cueball are still discussing]
   Black Hat: Oh, Definitely. I love the environment and want to save it as much as possible.
   Black Hat: I'd love to have solar panels.
   [Zoom on Black Hat]
   Black Hat: But the technology just isn't there and the cost is too high.
   Black Hat: I despise oil, but it makes more financial sense in my situation.
   [Return to previous zoom]
   Black Hat: But with the money I'm saving, I can buy industrial credits to try to make up for it.
   Cueball: Ah, yeah, carbon offsets.

Granted, that's far less amusing. --DontKillPablo (talk) 00:39, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

There's only one problem with that; the character would then probably be Megan or Ponytail, not Black Hat.