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Record 1.2 gigawatts of new solar added in Germany in July::Germany connected solar systems with a combined capacity of almost 1.2 GW to the power grid in July, hitting a new monthly record and bringing the total solar capacity in operation to 75.1 GW

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[–] [email protected] 112 points 2 years ago (6 children)
[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And then what? You drive the solar panels at 88 mph?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Um, Of course. Don't you time travel??

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No they don't have to move, you just string a cable across the street and run the delorean under the cable at the right time to harness the power.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I mean, it's like they've never seen it done before.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Not enough for the DeLorean to go 88 mph

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Came here for this exact comment

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