Perfect cartoon

[Zoeisright]

Mike Peters has been hitting it out of the park for decades.

[Rex]

1. BINGO!

Thanks for that, I needed it. :hi:

[Zoeisright]

2. You're quite welcome.

I've been thinking about it for days, and finally found it at this site:

http://solarcities.blogspot.com/2008/04/big-solar-coming-soon-to-planet-near.html

[Confusious]

3. You want solar power? They own the technology. nt

[Zoeisright]

11. Bullshit.

My father-in-law has patents on new solar panels. He's 84 and has been working on this for decades.

[Confusious]

12. Ain't gonna be creating some new wonderful utopia

It ain't going to be the guy in the barn with his Mr.Fusion making the solar panels. It's going to be one of many corporations, and unless things change, "meet the new master, same as the old master"

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[Confusious]

26. No it's not.

Based on the history of a majority of corporations from the past. It's always "meet the new master, same as the old master"

Technology, Sources. The government gives leases, when it comes to oil, so they don't "own" the sources, if you want to argue semantics. They "own" the means to get the product. Same goes for some coal mines, uranium mines and gas.

You might want to look up Argument from authority. If you can't figure out how it applies, I'll explain it to you.

[paulkienitz]

34. with solar, control of power will never be centralized

Because solar cell installations have no economy of scale, and there is no proprietary control of key manufacturing secrets, I don't think solar panels are ever going to be something controlled by any big bossdom.

On the other hand, it's not going to be any replacement for the cheapness and convenience of petroleum... that was a one-time gift from our planet.

[joshcryer]

4. What? You want solar power? We own the rare earth mines. You want solar power...

...we own the land. It can go on and on.

[Lyric]

6. Indeed. They already claim to own the rain. Owning the sunlight isn't much of a stretch beyond that.

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/mar/18/nation/na-contested-rainwater18

[Shandris]

8. Now might be a good time to rewatch Tank Girl.

It seems to be the direction this is heading in.

[geardaddy]

16. That's disgusting.

[A Simple Game]

22. Maybe it's because I come from New York, that has plenty of water

but I have a time understanding how people let laws like this get passed in the first place.

I can understand not being able to pull water from a river or stream, but rainwater that is free, that falls on my property, is not legally mine? That is some serious BS.

Can they fine you or do you have to pay for pulling water from a well or a spring on your own property? If you have cattle can you create a pond on your land to collect water for them?

It's no longer true that a mans home is his castle, so I guess there is no reason to collect water for your moat.

[malaise]

27. But they don't own the

fucking sun

[patrice]

5. Kick!

[The Doctor.]

7. *Yoink!* -Straight to the HD.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

9. K&R

[defendandprotect]

10. kr

[Scuba]

13. I've long wondered...

...why homeowners don't have horizontal wind turbines mounted along their rooflines. Well, actually I always understood the reason.

Thanks for posting.

[CommonSensePLZ]

14. K+R

[geardaddy]

17. that reminds me of an old Simpsons episode

From a school film:

"The moon belongs to America, and anxiously awaits the arrival of our astro-men. Will you be among them?"

[myrna minx]

18. K&R n/t

[webdiva]

19. LOL

Great find!

[janet118]

20. As soon as they get the rights to the wind and sun . . .

we'll get clean energy.

[janet118]

21. Mike Peters is incredible

Really, really nice guy too.

[Enthusiast]

23. Perfect is the word.

When are going to throw off the chains of corporatism so this nation can fully embrace solar power?

[Kurovski]

24. K&R, & saved. (nt)

[raouldukelives]

25. Perfect

[Plucketeer]

28. You want AIR?

Well, go ahead. Just don't blame us if you get sick from it!

[Quixote1818]

29. Some day they will find a way to own the sun

:(

[Swampguana]

30. k&R

[liberal N proud]

31. Who killed the sun

[defendandprotect]

32. Unfortunately, LABOR doesn't own itself -- we should be organizing LABOR

person by person -- unrelated to the workplace --

and take that to the states and demand universal health care!

Let's have companies and corporations come to UNITED LABOR when they need

employees -- and we set the terms, the salaries and conditions!!

[RoccoR5955]

33. EXACTLY! They can't put a meter on the sun

That's the ONLY reason why renewables have not been used more. The power grid MUST be de-centralized. People should be able to use small hydro, solar, and wind power to power their own homes, and sell the power back to the grid.

[nankerphelge]

35. That is a great cartoon...

I remember it, but can't remember how old it is... didn't he do it awhile back?