I hate to break this to you, but very little solar power is generated at night, which is when we need heat and light. Ditto for windmills, when there's no wind.

The average windmill costs one million dollars, last ten years, and powers at best 500 homes. The average set of solar panels, absent large taxpayer subsidies, costs $50k, degrades to uselessness in 10 years, and powers one house.

And good luck trying to get a reactor online, when we can't build or maintain even a subway line.

People should've thought of that shit a little earlier in the process. Angry, unemployed, hungry people tend to not vote for environmental things when they're looking for food and fuel. They tend to act more like the cast of Mad Max.

Yeah, except all of this shit is entirely self inflicted.

There aren't any good reasons why food and heat have doubled and in some cases tripled in prices. Your average Tesla plaid owner is fine. Middle class losers like me and the poors are feeling it.

And if we run out of diesel in the next 24 days? Farms and all shipping rely on diesel fuel. Today. Now. And nearly all cars that people take to work run on gasoline.

I'm sure I'll get slammed with downvotes for asking, but. What sustainable, equitable, just and tolerant solution may we use, to prevent economic collapse and starvation?

Coin operated porta potties would be a money maker, if a bit gross on 11/1.

Yes. This is kind of like moving to NOLA, and complaining about the Mardi Gras crowds.

Are you you, or your twin brother?

The article in the OP explains, & has links to mass dot gov. Because MA received huge tax payments - overpayments, legally - a law from decades ago was triggered that returns money to MA taxpayers.

Most of us pay i think a flat 5%. So if you paid 5k on an income of 100k (which is really a working middle class income in this area) you'd get about 14% of that $5k you paid back, or around $700. There's a calculator at the mass dot gov site.

It will either come as a check in the mail or as direct deposit, starting in a few days.

The economist in me thinks this will be mildly inflationary, but the working parent in me is breathing a sigh of relief, albeit temporarily. Most of my expenses, primarily food and fuel, went way up by at least 20%, and it's getting harder and harder to cover all our bills.

Found it. Looks like we can have a decent Christmas after all this year. Tears of joy, we were due for a break.

Wut? Are we all getting checks in the mail from MA? When wherefore and who how much?

It's almost like real estate is a grubby, mercenary business that attracts the dishonest.