The Defense Department will install solar panels on the Pentagon, part of the Biden administration’s plan to promote clean energy and “reestablish the federal government as a sustainability leader.”

The Pentagon is one of 31 government sites that are receiving $104 million in Energy Department grants that are expected to double the amount of carbon-free electricity at federal facilities and create 27 megawatts of clean-energy capacity while leveraging more than $361 million in private investment, the Energy Department said.

The solar panels are among several improvements set for the Pentagon, which also will install a heat pump system and solar thermal panels to reduce reliance on natural gas and fuel oil combustion systems

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    the alternative is imminent collapse of civilization and no solar panels

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      the alternative is imminent collapse of civilization and no solar panels

      This thinking, the entirety of its attitude. Its why fascism was able to take root in the US.

      Its the other half of the mechanism in a ratchet effect that slow walks us into deterioration.

      Only revolutionary action and upheaval can take us back.

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      I’m not going to fucking care if the Pentagon has solar panels while I’m fighting to the death over the last unopened can of beans in an abandoned Walmart.

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        Yeah, I get it. Not sure that stating the doomer case is any better than installing solar panels, though, is my point. It gets us the same outcome in the end.

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          If people actually realized how fucked we are they wouldn’t settle for greenwashing. We could get organized and fight back.