Category Archives: Energy

“Don’t think you can weasel out of it that easy,” Madeline said. “I told you what you wanted to hear. Now tell me why you are going around telling everybody about the return of solar power when you don’t know the first thing about it. My uncle worked with a solar panel installer back on the surface, so I know that restoring the solar panels isn’t possible with the roaches around.” Dirk crossed his arms, irritated that she – of all people – had caught him out in the lie. Now what could he do? Tell her the truth? After all, he wasn’t that invested in working with Gideon. But to do so would be to betray the entire crew’s trust. He did have to admit to himself that Madeline wasn’t quite the demon he’d convinced himself she was after the breakup. Now that he knew why she’d left, Dirk…

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Now I am in hospital, so you can say that it’s been a pretty interesting week so far. Managed to fix the ute by myself on Monday, trialled a new type of low-fat peanut butter on Wednesday, and now I’m in hospital. Unfortunately, I don’t think I’m getting anything done for the rest of the week, but I was due for a break anyway, so…yeah. Don’t play with wires, kids. Even if those wires are connected to solar panels, which you wouldn’t think would be dangerous. But they DO generate electricity. That’s why people have them installed, usually by commecial solar installation companies, and not amateurs such as myself. But I just had to jump the ship and say I could do the wiring myself. Apparently my heart stopped for about twenty seconds, so…wow. That sure is interesting. Not many people can say that they’ve ever been legally dead, even…

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