You people certainly have a different idea what Happy Talk is than I do. Well I'm sticking to only posting stuff that makes me happy.
For example, I just discovered a new podcast, here is their website:
https://theprogressivebitcoiner.com/thepodcast/So far I have listened to three podcasts of "The Progressive Bitcoiner," and every one was good. These are podcasts explaining why and how bitcoin can be used to advance liberal causes using real world cases. The research is deep and well documented and the participants hold a lot of credibility. Janet Yelling needs to talk with these people!!!!
I spent some time wandering around on the website above and found it well done, and very useful for looking up information. I have to say, I agreed with pretty much ALL of their conclusions even though they come at it from a completely different angle than I would. From now on I'm just going to refer my SJW friends to this site.
To my left leaning comrades, heck anybody on this site, I recommend you check it out. Oh, If you go to the FAQ part you can get transcripts.
My favorite, is episode 32 (the latest). If you are a numbers geek, this is the episode for you, because they throw a LOT of numbers around. A major part of the show was about mining bitcoin using "Waste Gasses." This is being done world wide right now, turning a liability into profit while preventing methane escaping into the atmosphere.
Some examples of waste gas included land fills, which typically flare off the gas needing constant care and maintenance costing money. Instead that gas could be used to run a generator, that will power Bitcoin Miners, that will generate enough to more than cover maintenance costs.
Another use is to cap and capture leaking oil wells, especially abandon ones with no traceable owners. All of the sudden it is profitable to do that, no government money needed, heck the government can steal some of that profit too.
Of course the classic is flaring oil wells required for isolated wells. It costs a lot to build a flair tower and tens of thousands a year in maintenance. Now you don't need a flaring tower at all and make money off your methane. Bitcoin is digital energy.
Another point brought up in this episode was most first world liberals don't see a use case for bitcoin. This is true because most first worlders actually DON'T have a real use case for bitcoin. But the poor, the displaced, and unbanked do. Thousands of Ukrainian refugees took their wealth with them to Poland. Afghani women can make their own transactions and be their own bank since they are not allowed a bank account.
They also brought up the fact, during the record heat wave over the Texas power grid there were NO blackouts or brown outs, the head of the grid attributed it to the added flexibility he had due to bitcoin miners.
Tie all this in with the Forbes article Tadana posted in another thread about Big Oil and Big Coal backing renewables in order eliminate the nuclear industry, and it opens a whole new world to examine. What could possibly be happier than that?
PEACE