Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 08, 2025

space junk.

A solar panel, a wind turbine and a hydro dam are all getting to know each other.

“What kind of music are you into?” asks the dam.

“I’m into trance”, replies the solar panel.

“Ooh, too intense for me”, dam says, “I much prefer classical melodies, maybe a little 60s soul at the weekends.”

“What about you Mr Turbine? What are you into?”

“Me?” He replies, “I’m a HUGE METAL FAN.”

I guess the wolves drink the nectar because it gets the rodent taste out of their mouths.

I wonder if that estimate accounts for the energy loss of transporting that energy all over the world.

That’s nothing.

Thanks to a drill and 5 circuit boards, my neighbour has been generating enough energy for my flat for the last 5 years!

I like those “theoretically” things… You cover that part of the Sahara with solar panels, which may produce XX PowerUnits/Time, and that equals the worldwide power consumption over a year, measured at YY PowerUnits. And, even if you ignore the “apples and oranges” inconsistency, you’d need a heck of a “theoretical” cable to transport all that energy.From the same “scientists” of a “renowned university” who found out that you can clean your toilet with baking soda and vinegar :D

We’re all solar panels.

First, would that generate enough power in a day to power the world for a year? A week? A year? Something is missing. Second, on space junk, another reason not to like Musk.

The space junk item reminds me of the movie “The Gods Must Be Crazy.” Very funny movie.

So how long does it take them to generate that power? And why for only a year?

I looked it up. I hoped the red hot poker plant was spicy so the wolves were substituting that for good Mexican food they couldn’t get, but no, the nectar is sweet. Poor Ethiopian wolves.

Tesla makes solar roof tiles for residential use.

Key word, theoretically.

All those solar panels should provide energy until they have to be replaced, not just for a year

Then there is the battery issue, storing daytime energy for use overnight.

Ripley’s comment section, with a few exceptions, never fails to lower my expectations of people and their cognitive acumen.

As big as that space is where satellites are, one day space junk will be a problem. The ISS has maneuvered itself out of harms way 32 times since 1999. It travels at 4.76 miles/second.

Well, canines do have sweet taste receptors. :)