energy
Original: energy on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title banner (top): HOW ENERGY HEADLINES WORK
Main comic (styled as a newspaper/magazine page):
Headline: SCIENTISTS HARVEST POWER DIRECTLY FROM MOSQUITO WING-FLAPPING
Subhead: IDIOT ENGINEERS HAVE OVERLOOKED "INSECTRICITY" FOR DECADES.
Caption beneath an inset photo of a mosquito: Many other creatures also said to have wings.
Right-side panel with an exponential rising graph, caption: 150 GIGAWATTS OF BORING-ASS PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ADDED THIS YEAR OR WHATEVER
Watermark: smbc-comics.com
Votey:
A sticky-note / paper with handwritten text: SOLAR ROADWAYS ARE OUT! SOLAR CEILINGS ARE IN!
Main comic (styled as a newspaper/magazine page):
Headline: SCIENTISTS HARVEST POWER DIRECTLY FROM MOSQUITO WING-FLAPPING
Subhead: IDIOT ENGINEERS HAVE OVERLOOKED "INSECTRICITY" FOR DECADES.
Caption beneath an inset photo of a mosquito: Many other creatures also said to have wings.
Right-side panel with an exponential rising graph, caption: 150 GIGAWATTS OF BORING-ASS PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ADDED THIS YEAR OR WHATEVER
Watermark: smbc-comics.com
Votey:
A sticky-note / paper with handwritten text: SOLAR ROADWAYS ARE OUT! SOLAR CEILINGS ARE IN!
Alt text
Title bar reads "HOW ENERGY HEADLINES WORK." The main comic is drawn as a mock newspaper page. A giant breathless headline declares "SCIENTISTS HARVEST POWER DIRECTLY FROM MOSQUITO WING-FLAPPING," with a snarky subhead: "IDIOT ENGINEERS HAVE OVERLOOKED 'INSECTRICITY' FOR DECADES." A small inset photo of a mosquito is captioned "Many other creatures also said to have wings." Tucked off to the side, a tiny panel shows an exponentially rising graph with the dismissive caption "150 GIGAWATTS OF BORING-ASS PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ADDED THIS YEAR OR WHATEVER." The joke: media hype a ridiculous fictional energy gimmick as a breakthrough while burying the genuinely huge, real growth of solar power as boring. Watermark: smbc-comics.com. Votey: a hand-scrawled note reading "SOLAR ROADWAYS ARE OUT! SOLAR CEILINGS ARE IN!" mocking the cycle of trendy, impractical solar fads.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.