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underpants

(197,102 posts) Wed May 13, 2026, 02:23 PM 23 hrs ago

Gotta give Sec. BURGUM credit, he really walked right into this face plant (X & text) 😂😂😂

This even made the Chairman Rep. Westerman (R -Ark) laugh.

Sec. BURGUM: When the sun goes down, solar produces zero electricity

Rep. HUFFMAN (D-Ca): I want to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of -- it's a battery

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Gotta give Sec. BURGUM credit, he really walked right into this face plant (X & text) 😂😂😂 (Original Post) underpants 23 hrs ago OP

He also missed KT2000 23 hrs ago #1

What are his links to malaise 22 hrs ago #2

Both of these are good questions to ask. calimary 22 hrs ago #5

Here malaise 21 hrs ago #7

Thanks. underpants 20 hrs ago #14

wonder if he has a cell phone and if he has any idea how it works rurallib 22 hrs ago #3

It's the sort of stupid, simplistic, bumper sticker observation that won't tax the brain of a MAGA moron. sop 22 hrs ago #4

The efficiency of solar panels keep going up BeneteauBum 21 hrs ago #6

I've wondered what miracles might occur if there was... BadgerMom 21 hrs ago #8

What would be accomplished would be amazing BeneteauBum 21 hrs ago #9

Clearly a side effect of petroleum poisoning. littlemissmartypants 20 hrs ago #10

The sun is shining half the time AverageOldGuy 20 hrs ago #11

He learned a new word "incremental ", lol MerryBlooms 20 hrs ago #12

He only needs to be smarter than the dopes that vote for him. Buddyzbuddy 20 hrs ago #13

KT2000

(22,207 posts)

1. He also missed

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 02:39 PM

23 hrs ago

the intermittent nature of the Strait of Hormuz now controlled by Iran.

malaise

(297,802 posts)

2. What are his links to

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 02:54 PM

22 hrs ago

big oil?

calimary

(90,695 posts)

5. Both of these are good questions to ask.

Reply to malaise (Reply #2)

Wed May 13, 2026, 03:44 PM

22 hrs ago

Voters need to know.

Voters need to know EVERYTHING.

malaise

(297,802 posts)

7. Here

Reply to calimary (Reply #5)

Wed May 13, 2026, 04:10 PM

21 hrs ago

https://americanbridgepac.org/icymi-doug-burgum-has-strong-ties-to-oil-gas-present-conflicts-of-interest-as-new-secretary-of-the-interior/

OMFG! Damn!

underpants

(197,102 posts)

14. Thanks.

Reply to malaise (Reply #7)

Wed May 13, 2026, 05:29 PM

20 hrs ago

Wikipedia mentions none of that.

rurallib

(64,813 posts)

3. wonder if he has a cell phone and if he has any idea how it works

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 03:16 PM

22 hrs ago

sop

(19,227 posts)

4. It's the sort of stupid, simplistic, bumper sticker observation that won't tax the brain of a MAGA moron.

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 03:28 PM

22 hrs ago

BeneteauBum

(754 posts)

6. The efficiency of solar panels keep going up

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 03:52 PM

21 hrs ago

Science will continue (if they are allowed to) progress in solar technology efficiency. Also, batteries for power storage have become remarkably sustainable. For example, there are ideas being developed using chlorophyll as a battery component. This tech is still at its infancy.

By the way, I have been totally on solar for fifteen years. My total investment to date is about $6k or about $400 a year. I imagine most would like a $35/month power bill.

Peace ☮️

BadgerMom

(3,436 posts)

8. I've wondered what miracles might occur if there was...

Reply to BeneteauBum (Reply #6)

Wed May 13, 2026, 04:24 PM

21 hrs ago

a global effort to improve batteries, something along the lines of the push to get to the moon or develop the atomic bomb.

BeneteauBum

(754 posts)

9. What would be accomplished would be amazing

Reply to BadgerMom (Reply #8)

Wed May 13, 2026, 04:38 PM

21 hrs ago

Take %75 percent of the defense budget and improve not only our power system but also healthcare, family care, and our farming community. And don’t subsidize the oligarchs!

Peace ☮️

littlemissmartypants

(34,288 posts)

10. Clearly a side effect of petroleum poisoning.

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 05:03 PM

20 hrs ago

Only halfway:

If he were to mix himself a hydrocarbon nightcap and be done with it, who among us is really going to complain? It would put us out of at least some of our misery, wouldn't it?

AverageOldGuy

(4,146 posts)

11. The sun is shining half the time

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 05:11 PM

20 hrs ago

Sunshine is free.

Thus, solar facilities producing electricity for free half the time.

MerryBlooms

(12,398 posts)

12. He learned a new word "incremental ", lol

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 05:17 PM

20 hrs ago

Okay, every rw news channel going to be using that big new word tomorrow. lol
The talking points these idiots are given... The prostitution never ends!
The biggest talking point is over in China right now. I guess someone didn't get the memo before this testimony! lol Total helper boy. 😂

Buddyzbuddy

(2,860 posts)

13. He only needs to be smarter than the dopes that vote for him.

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 05:28 PM

20 hrs ago

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