A New Faith: Solarpunk novel<p><a href="https://braddelong.substack.com/p/the-oddest-man-out-among-our-hundred?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=47874&post_id=164300633&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=7frnz&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">braddelong.substack.com/p/the-</span><span class="invisible">oddest-man-out-among-our-hundred?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=47874&post_id=164300633&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=7frnz&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email</span></a></p><p>TLDR - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/car" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>car</span></a> companies <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colluded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colluded</span></a> to use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shortage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shortage</span></a> as an excuse to drive up prices even if production decreased. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tesla</span></a> did the opposite; increased production without sacrificing prices; rapid <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/growth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>growth</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sales</span></a> => <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profits</span></a> => high stock price => <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/richest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>richest</span></a> => uses that to trash <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> </p><p>Thanks <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ford</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stellantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stellantis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toyota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toyota</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/honda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>honda</span></a> - NOT!!!!!!!!</p>