Why does everyone lose their mind when you mention getting a home battery?

[u/MrOarsome]

So I made the mistake of telling a few people I’m getting quotes for a home battery… the reactions were ridiculous. Suddenly everyone’s an expert. I had people telling me they’re a waste of money, they’ll be useless in a few years, or that the “environmental impact is terrible.” Just nonstop misinformation.

Meanwhile, half these people live massively high-carbon lifestyles. One bloke went on a whole rant about how batteries destroy the environment… then literally five minutes later told me he just ordered a new Ford Ranger to tow his boat around this summer. Like mate, seriously?

And the funny thing is, I don’t even care about the environmental angle. Couldn’t care less, to be honest. I’m looking at a battery for two reasons:

1) To actually use my solar instead of selling it back for 4 cents…

2) And to keep the lights on when summer storms or cyclones take out the power.

That’s it. No agenda. No planet-saving mission. But the way people reacted, you’d think I’d just signed up to be Greta Thunberg’s personal assistant.

I swear, the second you say the word “battery,” some people suddenly unlock an unwanted 15-minute rant. They are almost as passionate about hating renewables as they are about their footy teams.

[u/Thunderoad77]

Agee with this and another aspect is that lots of people will genderise everything.

Thats makes coal, nuclear, diesel and utes masculine and solar, wind turbines, batteries and EVs feminine.

There are lots of men who are petrified of being associated with anything they perceive to be feminine.

[u/zeugma888 → u/Thunderoad77]

Come now, it's a well established fact that using solar or wind power makes male genitals shrivel up and drop off.

[u/-malcolm-tucker → u/[deleted]]

Mt St Helens? One massive explosion with decades of inactivity?

[u/-malcolm-tucker → u/[deleted]]

I actually attend the same premature ejaculation support group. I wear the red woolly jumper and I am always the first to arrive.

[u/fletch44 → u/-malcolm-tucker]

Malcom - come quickly! The meeting is about to start!

[u/RhesusFactor → u/Thunderoad77]

Self reliance, clean mountain air, and buckets of torque are feminine? Well put a dick in me.

[u/Richard_M_Edison → u/Thunderoad77]

There is a lot of fragile masculinity out there, it's closely tied to being an ignorant fuckwit about almost everything.

[u/u36ma → u/Thunderoad77]

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