For some context, we are first generation immigrants. My parents are Russian, my mother and her husband have been living here for 20 years (even got rid of Russian citizenship couple years ago), my biological father is still living in Russia.
It’s damn exhausting to discuss political topics with them, especially my father. He keeps telling me how great it is to live in Russia, how their economy is doing great and how he’s proud that they are defending their “brothers” in Donezk and Luhansk from the evil bandera regime in Ukraine.
My mom voted far right in the past election. She doesn’t believe she voted for nazis, but the party’s views on economics, climate policy and immigration seem to align with hers. She believes wind farms are harmful for the environment. What the actual fuck.
Whenever I try to argue with them, they tell me that I’ve been brainwashed by “Western propaganda”.
I’m at a loss. I love my parents and I know that nobody’s immune to propaganda, but it’s heartbreaking to see them holding these toxic beliefs. How would you deal with parents like these? Should I just declare to never talk about politics with them again since it’s pointless?
But the diesel used to extract it, with the mining equipment, probably makes it a net loss over its lifetime. We’d have to see some studies on the power expended to create a solar panel, and how much it saves over it’s life, to see if solar is truly net savings over hydroelectric.
They have done the studies, it’s not. You can google to find them, I was going to pull them up for you but I’m out of my home country and I haven’t been able to access some sites for some reason.
Wind and especially solar produce a ton of energy. Some references I found stated a replacement rate of only a year for a wind turbine. Also you don’t need to use diesel to mine. Battery and electric operated heavy machinery are already in use.