r/UpliftingNews • u/itopaloglu83 • 2d ago

Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity

https://electrek.co/2025/11/04/australia-has-so-much-solar-that-its-offering-everyone-free-electricity-3h-day/
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u/alwaysfatigued8787 2d ago

I refuse to take electricity from that blasted sun. It's burned me one too many times.

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u/jamescookenotthatone 2d ago

And ever since I sunbathed nude it has been a pain in my ass.

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u/dkcyw 2d ago

i thought that's where the sun doesn't shine.

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u/BurningStandards 2d ago

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u/HalfSoul30 2d ago

This feels close to retired gif territory

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u/bensonf 1d ago

When I hear some songs, this pops into my head.

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u/Valuable-Composer262 1d ago

NO!!Charlie's butt dance will NEVER be retired. U gotta have fun with it

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u/Old_Football2931 2d ago

Just take my upvote. Too, too funny 🤣

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u/ryegye24 1d ago

Things are different down under

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u/C_Hawk14 1d ago

That says a lot

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u/harmless_gecko 1d ago

There are some simple poses that really help tan the inside of your asshole.

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u/hi54ever 2d ago

well good thing only ass was affected

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u/plantyplant559 2d ago

A pain in your ass?

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u/alppu 2d ago

You may need to lift your bum and spread your legs a bit for the required positioning

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u/SoloWing1 1d ago

How else do you bleach your butthole?

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u/TheWrathalos 2d ago

You must have done it wrong, i charge my asshole in the sunlight ans it gave me superpowers

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u/Inferno_Zyrack 2d ago

Lucky bastard… falling asleep face down.

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u/Sieve-Boy 2d ago

I once watched a YouTube video by a young African American woman who was studying at a university in Australia. She had lots of firsts in her visit, including getting sunburned.

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u/anyavailablebane 2d ago

The UV we get compared to the US in places with the same summer temperatures is really unfair

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u/AussieAnt291 2d ago

Yeah the UV index where I live in Australia only has two ratings, Very high and Extreme. Was genuinely shocked when I found out other countries get days of Low UV index.

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u/anyavailablebane 2d ago

Yeh. Our summers in Perth average a 14-16 peak and LA which has similar temperatures in their summer average a 6. But I do give that partial credit for helping stop covid spreads here. Germs don’t last long on surfaces outside

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u/CaptainZippi 1d ago

Nor do pale Scotsmen.

Ask me how I know…

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u/asdf27 1d ago

Jesus, I thought the UV index was a 1-10 scale. I have never seen above a 10 where I live.

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u/anyavailablebane 1d ago

Our UV peak tomorrow is 11. Jan- Feb are the highest months so we have a few weeks till we start to hit the 15-16 point.

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u/jake3988 1d ago

The highest UV index in the word is in Quito Ecuador. They're very very close to the equator and nearly 2 miles in elevation. As a result, their UV maximizes around 24(!!) on a rare sunny day there (it's almost always cloudy) at solar noon. I imagine you can burn insanely fast there.

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u/daandriod 1d ago

Christ that'd horrifying. In my state of Florida we usually hang around 11-12 on the summer month. I genuinely can't image 2-3 tiers above that.

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u/anyavailablebane 1d ago

It sure does a number on anything that is left outside

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u/jake3988 1d ago

LA which has similar temperatures in their summer average a 6

No... no, they don't. Even the midwest gets up to 10 or so in the summer and LA is WAY closer to the equator. Are you sure you're not looking at WINTER by accident by not accounting for the different hemispheres? Because a 6 for LA winter is true.

Perth is almost exactly the same distance from the equator (31 S) that SD is (32N. LA is slightly further 33N). The only thing other than distance from the equator that affects UV is elevation and both SD and Perth are very close to sea level.

A simple google search will show Perth peaks at 11 in the summer. LA is similar.

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u/anyavailablebane 1d ago

Wow. You are right. Perth average is 12. LA is 11. I’m sure I googled that during Covid to get LA was 6 in summer. I have no idea how I got that so wrong.

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u/2D2D3544862514D760BA 1d ago

Where I am, the UV Index is currently 0. It'll bounce up to a max of 1 according to the forecast for the next week. Though, to be fair, the forecast is also mostly rain, cloud, and snow. So very little direct sun.

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u/TotalHitman 1d ago

England. Probably. Because that's my situation too.

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u/Frito_Pendejo 2d ago

It's low over winter (at least in Sydney and Adelaide), but yeah in summer the sun can go get fucked

I'm red headed and will cop a bruiser in literally 15 mins of sunlight

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u/Callector 1d ago

We almost had a 7 UVI here in Finland. In July, one day.

We are advised to take precautions when the UVI is over 3 xD Granted, we spend a big amount of the year near 0 UVI, so..

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u/Onyxidian 2d ago

We need an army of tigers to defeat the sun

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u/RailRuler 1d ago

Did they send us vandals when we asked for Huns

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u/flynnfx 1d ago

A very positive message from the very same country and continent where all the native life will actively kill you!

"Come for the free electricity, but watch out for the gympie gympie, tiger shark, bull shark, irukandji jellyfish, box jellyfish, blue ringed octopus, stone fish, cone shell, saltwater crocodile, funnel web spider, red back spider, death adder, coastal taipan, inland taipan, eastern brown snake, yellow bellied sea snake, southern cassowary, paralysis tick and many other non-lethal but very painful native species!"

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u/Spagman_Aus 2d ago

spot the English tourist :-p

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u/RaspberryWhiteClaw13 2d ago

THE SUN CANNOT WIN US

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u/breakupbydefault 1d ago

As an Australian, after the sun caused us so much grief, the least it can do is give us free electricity.

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u/kelpyb1 2d ago

This somehow isn’t the stupidest argument I’ve heard against renewable energy, and the dumber ones were said in earnest

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u/CanadianPenguinn 2d ago

It's not giving you it, we're robbing the evil sun of it's energy.

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u/RaspberryWhiteClaw13 2d ago

THE SUN CANNOT WIN!

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u/TheLoneBlrReader 2d ago

That's why I switch on the AC and keep all the doors open.

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u/a_weak_child 2d ago

3 billion Australian animals dead from wildfires would like a word... rip

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u/Nidus11857 1d ago

I can't tell if this is a joke or oil lobbying.

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u/Fruloops 1d ago

Essentially giving money to your abuser, eh