Let's learn and grow. New things are cool! Links 'n' stuff down below. Lots of links. First, the "clean version." Please pass that around. https://youtu.be/Zgxb8I1nk2I Jerry Rig Everything's video on battery recycling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2xrarUWVRQ If you'd like a legal argument from an actual lawyer which highlights the uniquely strange and unchecked powers we have given DHS and ICE, this is worth a watch. I am not being hyperbolic in saying that this is a serious problem we need to face head on through abolishment, not reform. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkgNnbTrsgw Here are a couple of corn ethanol vs. solar land use studies. There are more if you'd like to look for them. https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/04/trading-some-corn-ethanol-land-solar-offers-tremendous-opportunity https://www.cleanwisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Corn-Ethanol-Vs.-Solar-Analysis-V3-9-compressed.pdf I'm not gonna post links to my socials or my Patreon here. Take care of each other. 00:00 Intro 07:35 Some opening notes 10:14 Cars and all the oil they use 15:38 Photovoltaics and electric cars 18:59 A cost and opportunity comparison 22:33 Solar farms 30:35 A discussion of land use 38:29 A diversion on wind power 41:17 The materials in solar panels 50:52 What about the batteries? 1:02:41 The reasons I made this video 1:10:16 The reason I am who I am 1:16:35 Who the liars are and what we need to do about them.