• Rooftop Solar Power Has a Dark Side

    From Fred Bloggs@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 27 12:09:30 2023
    Typical...

    There's a reason the big energy producers never jumped on this bandwagon, preferring instead to let someone else do it.

    https://time.com/6317339/rooftop-solar-power-failure/

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  • From Ricky@21:1/5 to Fred Bloggs on Wed Sep 27 12:51:23 2023
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 3:09:36 PM UTC-4, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    Typical...

    There's a reason the big energy producers never jumped on this bandwagon, preferring instead to let someone else do it.

    https://time.com/6317339/rooftop-solar-power-failure/

    I see data showing increasing numbers of complaints. I don't see where they take into account the increasing number of installations, or the increasing age of the previously installed solar panels. In other words, this is exactly what I would expect to
    see for a realatively new product with increasing sales.

    --

    Rick C.

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  • From John Larkin@21:1/5 to bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com on Wed Sep 27 13:23:53 2023
    On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:

    Typical...

    There's a reason the big energy producers never jumped on this bandwagon, preferring instead to let someone else do it.

    https://time.com/6317339/rooftop-solar-power-failure/

    New York seems like an especially terrible place for rooftop solar
    panels.

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  • From Fred Bloggs@21:1/5 to John Larkin on Wed Sep 27 14:08:43 2023
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 4:24:16 PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
    On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:

    Typical...

    There's a reason the big energy producers never jumped on this bandwagon, preferring instead to let someone else do it.

    https://time.com/6317339/rooftop-solar-power-failure/
    New York seems like an especially terrible place for rooftop solar
    panels.

    When GW clears out all the traditionally gloomy weather, things should start to look up.

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  • From Fred Bloggs@21:1/5 to Ricky on Wed Sep 27 14:21:02 2023
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 3:51:28 PM UTC-4, Ricky wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 3:09:36 PM UTC-4, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    Typical...

    There's a reason the big energy producers never jumped on this bandwagon, preferring instead to let someone else do it.

    https://time.com/6317339/rooftop-solar-power-failure/
    I see data showing increasing numbers of complaints. I don't see where they take into account the increasing number of installations, or the increasing age of the previously installed solar panels. In other words, this is exactly what I would expect to
    see for a realatively new product with increasing sales.

    Sounds like they're charging for energy use in addition to 'leasing' the panels themselves. That's a new one on me. Unless they can show panel life is a function of cumulative energy output, someone is getting ripped off. The fact that panels degrade is
    not new. The one technology I'm familiar with, the CdTe, estimates at -10% at 20 years. It's not linear in time. The degradation hits a knee and then nosedives comparatively speaking, from what I can gather.



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    Rick C.

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  • From John Larkin@21:1/5 to bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com on Wed Sep 27 15:59:18 2023
    On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:08:43 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 4:24:16?PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
    On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs
    <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:

    Typical...

    There's a reason the big energy producers never jumped on this bandwagon, preferring instead to let someone else do it.

    https://time.com/6317339/rooftop-solar-power-failure/
    New York seems like an especially terrible place for rooftop solar
    panels.

    When GW clears out all the traditionally gloomy weather, things should start to look up.

    The sun angle won't change much. It may still snow in the winter.

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  • From a a@21:1/5 to Fred Bloggs on Thu Sep 28 11:27:56 2023
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    The idiot Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> persisting in being an Off-topic troll...

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  • From a a@21:1/5 to Ricky on Thu Sep 28 11:28:02 2023
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    The idiot Ricky <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> persisting in being an Off-topic troll...

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    Subject: Re: Rooftop Solar Power Has a Dark Side
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  • From a a@21:1/5 to Fred Bloggs on Thu Sep 28 11:28:08 2023
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    Subject: Re: Rooftop Solar Power Has a Dark Side
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  • From Anthony William Sloman@21:1/5 to Ricky on Thu Sep 28 09:35:06 2023
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 5:51:28 AM UTC+10, Ricky wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 3:09:36 PM UTC-4, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    Typical...

    There's a reason the big energy producers never jumped on this bandwagon, preferring instead to let someone else do it.

    https://time.com/6317339/rooftop-solar-power-failure/

    I see data showing increasing numbers of complaints. I don't see where they take into account the increasing number of installations, or the increasing age of the previously installed solar panels. In other words, this is exactly what I would expect to
    see for a relatively new product with increasing sales.

    The current generation of solar cells produced in high volume is more efficient that the previous generation and lasts longer. A lot of old Australian rooftop solar just gets dumped and replaced - it pays to move up to a new higher yielding panel -
    particularly if you put in your own battery at the same time, and store your excess production rather than selling it back to grid for peanuts.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney

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  • From bitrex@21:1/5 to John Larkin on Thu Sep 28 12:55:47 2023
    On 9/27/2023 6:59 PM, John Larkin wrote:
    On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:08:43 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 4:24:16?PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
    On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs
    <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:

    Typical...

    There's a reason the big energy producers never jumped on this bandwagon, preferring instead to let someone else do it.

    https://time.com/6317339/rooftop-solar-power-failure/
    New York seems like an especially terrible place for rooftop solar
    panels.

    When GW clears out all the traditionally gloomy weather, things should start to look up.

    The sun angle won't change much. It may still snow in the winter.


    Some parts of upstate NY get a lot of snow. Meanwhile Southeastern New
    England definitely isn't upstate New York or Canada, it's often the case
    that fall and early winter are the driest and sunniest times of the year
    here.

    November and December recently have been downright balmy, ironically I'm expecting December to be a much sunnier month than this past July when
    it rarely stopped raining.

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  • From Ricky@21:1/5 to Anthony William Sloman on Thu Sep 28 11:32:11 2023
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 12:35:11 PM UTC-4, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 5:51:28 AM UTC+10, Ricky wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 3:09:36 PM UTC-4, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    Typical...

    There's a reason the big energy producers never jumped on this bandwagon, preferring instead to let someone else do it.

    https://time.com/6317339/rooftop-solar-power-failure/

    I see data showing increasing numbers of complaints. I don't see where they take into account the increasing number of installations, or the increasing age of the previously installed solar panels. In other words, this is exactly what I would expect
    to see for a relatively new product with increasing sales.

    The current generation of solar cells produced in high volume is more efficient that the previous generation and lasts longer. A lot of old Australian rooftop solar just gets dumped and replaced - it pays to move up to a new higher yielding panel -
    particularly if you put in your own battery at the same time, and store your excess production rather than selling it back to grid for peanuts.


    What's your point?

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  • From Fred Bloggs@21:1/5 to John Larkin on Thu Sep 28 12:34:08 2023
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 6:59:38 PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
    On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:08:43 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 4:24:16?PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
    On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs
    <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:

    Typical...

    There's a reason the big energy producers never jumped on this bandwagon, preferring instead to let someone else do it.

    https://time.com/6317339/rooftop-solar-power-failure/
    New York seems like an especially terrible place for rooftop solar
    panels.

    When GW clears out all the traditionally gloomy weather, things should start to look up.
    The sun angle won't change much. It may still snow in the winter.

    I think they know about that and have heaters powered by battery storage to melt it. This is certainly a consideration for the big grid-tied farms. Don't know about residential rooftop, it should be an option.

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  • From boB@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 28 15:06:39 2023
    On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:23:53 -0700, John Larkin <jl@997arbor.com>
    wrote:

    On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs ><bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:

    Typical...

    There's a reason the big energy producers never jumped on this bandwagon, preferring instead to let someone else do it.

    https://time.com/6317339/rooftop-solar-power-failure/

    New York seems like an especially terrible place for rooftop solar
    panels.


    This is true ! Doesn't it rain a lot there ?

    boB

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  • From boB@21:1/5 to bill.sloman@ieee.org on Thu Sep 28 15:06:05 2023
    On Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:35:06 -0700 (PDT), Anthony William Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote:

    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 5:51:28?AM UTC+10, Ricky wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 3:09:36?PM UTC-4, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    Typical...

    There's a reason the big energy producers never jumped on this bandwagon, preferring instead to let someone else do it.

    https://time.com/6317339/rooftop-solar-power-failure/

    I see data showing increasing numbers of complaints. I don't see where they take into account the increasing number of installations, or the increasing age of the previously installed solar panels. In other words, this is exactly what I would expect
    to see for a relatively new product with increasing sales.

    The current generation of solar cells produced in high volume is more efficient that the previous generation and lasts longer. A lot of old Australian rooftop solar just gets dumped and replaced - it pays to move up to a new higher yielding panel -
    particularly if you put in your own battery at the same time, and store your excess production rather than selling it back to grid for peanuts.

    The article says nothing about why they stopped production except for
    higher temperatures which MAY (or may not) mean the PV Vmp dropped
    lower than the inverter(s) needed. That would be a design issue.

    The article is obviously written for dumbshits that know nothing about photovoltaics.

    No mention of even microinverters vs string inverters.

    The article is fairly useless as far as education. That's the media
    for ya.

    boB

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  • From Jan Panteltje@21:1/5 to user@example.net on Fri Sep 29 05:24:25 2023
    On a sunny day (Thu, 28 Sep 2023 12:55:47 -0400) it happened bitrex <user@example.net> wrote in <neiRM.78401$3vM.46106@fx37.iad>:

    On 9/27/2023 6:59 PM, John Larkin wrote:
    On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:08:43 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs
    <bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 4:24:16?PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote: >>>> On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs
    <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:

    Typical...

    There's a reason the big energy producers never jumped on this bandwagon, preferring instead to let someone else do it.

    https://time.com/6317339/rooftop-solar-power-failure/
    New York seems like an especially terrible place for rooftop solar
    panels.

    When GW clears out all the traditionally gloomy weather, things should start to look up.

    The sun angle won't change much. It may still snow in the winter.


    Some parts of upstate NY get a lot of snow. Meanwhile Southeastern New >England definitely isn't upstate New York or Canada, it's often the case
    that fall and early winter are the driest and sunniest times of the year >here.

    November and December recently have been downright balmy, ironically I'm >expecting December to be a much sunnier month than this past July when
    it rarely stopped raining.

    There have been problems reported here about solar panels being destroyed in fires,
    in hail storms and other mechanical damage causes
    where the glass splinters posed a danger to human beings.

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  • From Fred Bloggs@21:1/5 to boB on Fri Sep 29 04:29:37 2023
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 6:06:23 PM UTC-4, boB wrote:
    On Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:35:06 -0700 (PDT), Anthony William Sloman <bill....@ieee.org> wrote:

    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 5:51:28?AM UTC+10, Ricky wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 3:09:36?PM UTC-4, Fred Bloggs wrote: >> > Typical...

    There's a reason the big energy producers never jumped on this bandwagon, preferring instead to let someone else do it.

    https://time.com/6317339/rooftop-solar-power-failure/

    I see data showing increasing numbers of complaints. I don't see where they take into account the increasing number of installations, or the increasing age of the previously installed solar panels. In other words, this is exactly what I would expect
    to see for a relatively new product with increasing sales.

    The current generation of solar cells produced in high volume is more efficient that the previous generation and lasts longer. A lot of old Australian rooftop solar just gets dumped and replaced - it pays to move up to a new higher yielding panel -
    particularly if you put in your own battery at the same time, and store your excess production rather than selling it back to grid for peanuts.
    The article says nothing about why they stopped production except for
    higher temperatures which MAY (or may not) mean the PV Vmp dropped
    lower than the inverter(s) needed. That would be a design issue.

    The article is obviously written for dumbshits that know nothing about photovoltaics.

    No mention of even microinverters vs string inverters.

    The article is fairly useless as far as education. That's the media
    for ya.

    It's Time Magazine, not IEEE Spectrum. Their readers would not be interested in those details. They would be interested to learn the industry is dominated by fly-by-night businesses.



    boB

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  • From Fred Bloggs@21:1/5 to Jan Panteltje on Fri Sep 29 04:39:54 2023
    On Friday, September 29, 2023 at 1:24:33 AM UTC-4, Jan Panteltje wrote:
    On a sunny day (Thu, 28 Sep 2023 12:55:47 -0400) it happened bitrex <us...@example.net> wrote in <neiRM.78401$3vM....@fx37.iad>:
    On 9/27/2023 6:59 PM, John Larkin wrote:
    On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:08:43 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs
    <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 4:24:16?PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote: >>>> On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs
    <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:

    Typical...

    There's a reason the big energy producers never jumped on this bandwagon, preferring instead to let someone else do it.

    https://time.com/6317339/rooftop-solar-power-failure/
    New York seems like an especially terrible place for rooftop solar
    panels.

    When GW clears out all the traditionally gloomy weather, things should start to look up.

    The sun angle won't change much. It may still snow in the winter.


    Some parts of upstate NY get a lot of snow. Meanwhile Southeastern New >England definitely isn't upstate New York or Canada, it's often the case >that fall and early winter are the driest and sunniest times of the year >here.

    November and December recently have been downright balmy, ironically I'm >expecting December to be a much sunnier month than this past July when
    it rarely stopped raining.
    There have been problems reported here about solar panels being destroyed in fires,
    in hail storms and other mechanical damage causes
    where the glass splinters posed a danger to human beings.

    Then there is the Walmart suit brought against that phony Tesla/ Musk solar panel company for setting all their roofs on fire.

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  • From boB@21:1/5 to bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com on Fri Sep 29 08:44:38 2023
    On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 04:29:37 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 6:06:23?PM UTC-4, boB wrote:
    On Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:35:06 -0700 (PDT), Anthony William Sloman
    <bill....@ieee.org> wrote:

    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 5:51:28?AM UTC+10, Ricky wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 3:09:36?PM UTC-4, Fred Bloggs wrote: >> >> > Typical...

    There's a reason the big energy producers never jumped on this bandwagon, preferring instead to let someone else do it.

    https://time.com/6317339/rooftop-solar-power-failure/

    I see data showing increasing numbers of complaints. I don't see where they take into account the increasing number of installations, or the increasing age of the previously installed solar panels. In other words, this is exactly what I would
    expect to see for a relatively new product with increasing sales.

    The current generation of solar cells produced in high volume is more efficient that the previous generation and lasts longer. A lot of old Australian rooftop solar just gets dumped and replaced - it pays to move up to a new higher yielding panel -
    particularly if you put in your own battery at the same time, and store your excess production rather than selling it back to grid for peanuts.
    The article says nothing about why they stopped production except for
    higher temperatures which MAY (or may not) mean the PV Vmp dropped
    lower than the inverter(s) needed. That would be a design issue.

    The article is obviously written for dumbshits that know nothing about
    photovoltaics.

    No mention of even microinverters vs string inverters.

    The article is fairly useless as far as education. That's the media
    for ya.

    It's Time Magazine, not IEEE Spectrum. Their readers would not be interested in those details. They would be interested to learn the industry is dominated by fly-by-night businesses.



    boB


    They could still explain it better than making it a political
    statement which is how I saw it.

    boB

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  • From boB@21:1/5 to boB on Fri Sep 29 08:47:14 2023
    On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 08:44:38 -0700, boB <boB@K7IQ.com> wrote:

    On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 04:29:37 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs ><bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 6:06:23?PM UTC-4, boB wrote:
    On Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:35:06 -0700 (PDT), Anthony William Sloman
    <bill....@ieee.org> wrote:

    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 5:51:28?AM UTC+10, Ricky wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 3:09:36?PM UTC-4, Fred Bloggs wrote: >>> >> > Typical...

    There's a reason the big energy producers never jumped on this bandwagon, preferring instead to let someone else do it.

    https://time.com/6317339/rooftop-solar-power-failure/

    I see data showing increasing numbers of complaints. I don't see where they take into account the increasing number of installations, or the increasing age of the previously installed solar panels. In other words, this is exactly what I would
    expect to see for a relatively new product with increasing sales.

    The current generation of solar cells produced in high volume is more efficient that the previous generation and lasts longer. A lot of old Australian rooftop solar just gets dumped and replaced - it pays to move up to a new higher yielding panel -
    particularly if you put in your own battery at the same time, and store your excess production rather than selling it back to grid for peanuts.
    The article says nothing about why they stopped production except for
    higher temperatures which MAY (or may not) mean the PV Vmp dropped
    lower than the inverter(s) needed. That would be a design issue.

    The article is obviously written for dumbshits that know nothing about
    photovoltaics.

    No mention of even microinverters vs string inverters.

    The article is fairly useless as far as education. That's the media
    for ya.

    It's Time Magazine, not IEEE Spectrum. Their readers would not be interested in those details. They would be interested to learn the industry is dominated by fly-by-night businesses.



    boB


    They could still explain it better than making it a political
    statement which is how I saw it.

    boB

    This type of article is one way the media dumbs down society.

    boB

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  • From Anthony William Sloman@21:1/5 to boB on Fri Sep 29 23:24:40 2023
    On Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 1:47:31 AM UTC+10, boB wrote:
    On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 08:44:38 -0700, boB <b...@K7IQ.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 04:29:37 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 6:06:23?PM UTC-4, boB wrote:
    On Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:35:06 -0700 (PDT), Anthony William Sloman <bill....@ieee.org> wrote:
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 5:51:28?AM UTC+10, Ricky wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 3:09:36?PM UTC-4, Fred Bloggs wrote:

    <snip>

    This type of article is one way the media dumbs down society.

    The media doesn't dumb down society. The media just serves their customers, and a lot of those customer like their news dumbed down so they don't have to work hard to make sense of it. Fox News caters to an audience which prefers lies to truth.

    The US Food and Drug Adminstration stops greedy capitalist from making money out of selling products that actually damage the people who buy them.

    An intellectual equivalent would shut down Fox News immediately.

    If you want want a better product from the media you can buy it - I subscribe to the New Yorker and the New Scientist.

    The media isn't any kind of monolith.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney

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  • From a a@21:1/5 to Ricky on Mon Oct 2 03:36:52 2023
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  • From Flyguy@21:1/5 to Anthony William Sloman on Mon Oct 2 20:25:14 2023
    On Friday, September 29, 2023 at 11:24:45 PM UTC-7, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 1:47:31 AM UTC+10, boB wrote:
    On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 08:44:38 -0700, boB <b...@K7IQ.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 04:29:37 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 6:06:23?PM UTC-4, boB wrote:
    On Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:35:06 -0700 (PDT), Anthony William Sloman <bill....@ieee.org> wrote:
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 5:51:28?AM UTC+10, Ricky wrote: >>> >> On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 3:09:36?PM UTC-4, Fred Bloggs wrote:
    <snip>
    This type of article is one way the media dumbs down society.
    The media doesn't dumb down society. The media just serves their customers, and a lot of those customer like their news dumbed down so they don't have to work hard to make sense of it. Fox News caters to an audience which prefers lies to truth.

    The US Food and Drug Adminstration stops greedy capitalist from making money out of selling products that actually damage the people who buy them.

    An intellectual equivalent would shut down Fox News immediately.

    Right. You libtards would have a hard-on if Fox was "shut down". Fox News is the ONLY network exposing the Lyin' Biden for all of his criminal activities, as well as his failures on the border and Afghanistan, along with rampant crime in the US.


    If you want want a better product from the media you can buy it - I subscribe to the New Yorker and the New Scientist.

    "want want" - is that your STUTTER returning, Bozo?

    The media isn't any kind of monolith.

    --
    Bozo Bill Slowman, Sydney

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  • From a a@21:1/5 to Flyguy on Tue Oct 3 03:57:20 2023
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  • From Anthony William Sloman@21:1/5 to Flyguy on Mon Oct 2 23:38:51 2023
    On Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 2:25:22 PM UTC+11, Flyguy wrote:
    On Friday, September 29, 2023 at 11:24:45 PM UTC-7, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 1:47:31 AM UTC+10, boB wrote:
    On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 08:44:38 -0700, boB <b...@K7IQ.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 04:29:37 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 6:06:23?PM UTC-4, boB wrote:
    On Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:35:06 -0700 (PDT), Anthony William Sloman <bill....@ieee.org> wrote:
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 5:51:28?AM UTC+10, Ricky wrote: >>> >> On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 3:09:36?PM UTC-4, Fred Bloggs wrote:

    <snip>

    This type of article is one way the media dumbs down society.

    The media doesn't dumb down society. The media just serves their customers, and a lot of those customer like their news dumbed down so they don't have to work hard to make sense of it. Fox News caters to an audience which prefers lies to truth.

    The US Food and Drug Adminstration stops greedy capitalist from making money out of selling products that actually damage the people who buy them.

    An intellectual equivalent would shut down Fox News immediately.

    Right. You libtards would have a hard-on if Fox was "shut down".

    Probably not. It has knowingly lied to public - repeating Donald Trump's outright lies about the stolen election.

    Fox News is the ONLY network exposing Joe Biden for all of his criminal activities, as well as his failures on the border and Afghanistan, along with rampant crime in the US.

    None of which actually exist. Telling Trump supporters those lies keeps them happy and watching Fox News, but they are lies.

    If you want a better product from the media you can buy it - I subscribe to the New Yorker and the New Scientist.

    <snipped Sewage Sweper being rude about a typo - he does scrape the bottom of the barrel>

    The media isn't any kind of monolith.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney

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  • From Tabby@21:1/5 to Anthony William Sloman on Tue Oct 3 17:11:52 2023
    On Tuesday, 3 October 2023 at 07:38:56 UTC+1, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 2:25:22 PM UTC+11, Flyguy wrote:
    On Friday, September 29, 2023 at 11:24:45 PM UTC-7, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 1:47:31 AM UTC+10, boB wrote:
    On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 08:44:38 -0700, boB <b...@K7IQ.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 04:29:37 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 6:06:23?PM UTC-4, boB wrote:
    On Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:35:06 -0700 (PDT), Anthony William Sloman <bill....@ieee.org> wrote:
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 5:51:28?AM UTC+10, Ricky wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 3:09:36?PM UTC-4, Fred Bloggs wrote:

    <snip>

    This type of article is one way the media dumbs down society.

    The media doesn't dumb down society. The media just serves their customers, and a lot of those customer like their news dumbed down so they don't have to work hard to make sense of it. Fox News caters to an audience which prefers lies to truth.

    The US Food and Drug Adminstration stops greedy capitalist from making money out of selling products that actually damage the people who buy them.

    An intellectual equivalent would shut down Fox News immediately.

    Right. You libtards would have a hard-on if Fox was "shut down".
    Probably not. It has knowingly lied to public - repeating Donald Trump's outright lies about the stolen election.

    every news channel has repeated misinformation at times. It would be oddly dishonest & foolish to pretend only one ever has.

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  • From Anthony William Sloman@21:1/5 to Tabby on Tue Oct 3 18:30:08 2023
    On Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 11:11:57 AM UTC+11, Tabby wrote:
    On Tuesday, 3 October 2023 at 07:38:56 UTC+1, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 2:25:22 PM UTC+11, Flyguy wrote:
    On Friday, September 29, 2023 at 11:24:45 PM UTC-7, Anthony William Sloman wrote:
    On Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 1:47:31 AM UTC+10, boB wrote:
    On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 08:44:38 -0700, boB <b...@K7IQ.com> wrote:
    On Fri, 29 Sep 2023 04:29:37 -0700 (PDT), Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 6:06:23?PM UTC-4, boB wrote: >>> On Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:35:06 -0700 (PDT), Anthony William Sloman <bill....@ieee.org> wrote:
    On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 5:51:28?AM UTC+10, Ricky wrote:
    On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 3:09:36?PM UTC-4, Fred Bloggs wrote:

    <snip>

    This type of article is one way the media dumbs down society.

    The media doesn't dumb down society. The media just serves their customers, and a lot of those customer like their news dumbed down so they don't have to work hard to make sense of it. Fox News caters to an audience which prefers lies to truth.

    The US Food and Drug Adminstration stops greedy capitalist from making money out of selling products that actually damage the people who buy them.

    An intellectual equivalent would shut down Fox News immediately.

    Right. You libtards would have a hard-on if Fox was "shut down".

    Probably not. It has knowingly lied to public - repeating Donald Trump's outright lies about the stolen election.

    every news channel has repeated misinformation at times. It would be oddly dishonest & foolish to pretend only one ever has.

    https://apnews.com/article/fox-news-dominion-lawsuit-trial-trump-2020-0ac71f75acfacc52ea80b3e747fb0afe

    Nobody else seems to have had to settle a lawsuit by paying out $800 million dollars. Fox News seems to have been unusually dishonest and foolish and
    Tabby seems to be too dim to have noticed.

    --
    Bill Sloman, Sydney

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  • From a a@21:1/5 to Tabby on Wed Oct 4 02:02:28 2023
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