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Everything (the sun) is literally (not literally) bigger in Texas

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Quinn Emmett
August 30, 2024

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Today: Texas is baking, again, and so my (delightfully unhinged) essay from last year about how the most gangster #liberty move freedom-loving Texans can make is to throw some solar on the roof and batteries on the wall and tell the government where to shove it.

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Now there’s 40,000.

Let’s f’ing go.

— Quinn

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Life, Liberty, and Solar Panels

Texas is melting (Quinn: still! again!).

Baking. Air frying. Being absolutely barbecued with no end in sight.

Whatever your metaphor, whatever your politics, two things are incontrovertible:

  1. Texas is getting hotter on average, and more likely to suffer extreme heat events

  2. Texas gets a whole hell of a lot of sunshine

There’s simply no better place and no better time for a rooftop solar revolution than Texas in 2023 2024.

Because when it comes down to it, is there any greater threat to liberty than multiple layers of government telling you how you can power your home?

Think about it this way: Is there any better way to say “fuck the libs” than powering your home from the sun?

Let’s find out.

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