The problem is the entirely backwards-thinking process that the US goes through for rooftop solar. There are some really simple solutions that most power companies just won’t even look at.

this is karl lauterbach, he is kinda sorta our version of dr. fauci:

I agree with your proposals but the connection between climate change and police brutality seems weak at best. It comes across as an attempt to use current events as an opportunity to write about your issue even though it's not really related.

Why not simply avoid spending money you haven’t earned yet? No one needs credit for impulse purchases, planet-destroying amazon purchases, or more subscriptions to crap media to keep you entertained while immobile on the couch because taking a walk in the fresh air and looking at some birds is too much effort when you…

I mean, couldn’t *one* of you have given him a reasonable answer?  The only non-troll answer is the Acadia, and he literally said he had no use for an SUV.  I get that there’s a comedy element, but I thought there were supposed to be a few helpful suggestions?

Heavily armed citizenry is the real mistake.

Silicon Valley, the late 2010s. Patrick Bateman sits at a conference table with his fellow venture capitalists. He removes a platinum sculpture from his briefcase. One of his colleagues leans across, smirking.

Evil genius, you say? Trick you into believing you made a discovery for reasons you will never begin to understand, you ask?

I don’t know where you come up with these ideas.

To be fair, there were Arabic numberals on the clock....

Great story, Alissa. THESE are the sort of tech articles that keep me coming back to Giz. It doesn't always have to be about the bleeding edge of technology. Sometimes revealing the unknown right beneath our feet (pun definitely intended) is just as interesting. Thanks.

Yes! Let's take methane, a greenhouse gas, that was formerly trapped under the ocean (and thus prevented from being released into the atmosphere) and burn it, converting it into carbon dioxide, another greenhouse gas, and then release it into the atmosphere!

I have a degree in Comment Engineering and based on the words you posted made available to the public, I give you a 91.7% chance of being full of shit. It's a more made-up air of intelligence than the article's author, but only moderately so. I spot at least six potential ways for your comment to crash and burn,…