The basic concept of solar energy is really simple. Sun keeps on shining as a resource.

It will be inexhaustible for the next several million years at least. It's clean and plentiful.

It is sent to us for free. So let's use that radiant light and heat to power our homes and buildings.

The tricky part, of course, is harnessing it,

getting that power into batteries and into the power grid

so it can really be put to work.

That process, well, I just looked up the Wikipedia article

on how that's all done, and I'm sorry to report.

I did not understand it.

It was like the adult voices in a Charlie Brown cartoon

to me. There's sunshine, then science occurs, and then your fridge works. I don't get it.

But that's okay. I know what solar energy is. There are people who can do the science,

and I, as part of humanity, can have a

cleaner present and more enjoyable future. This is not a podcast about science or about solar energy.

It's a podcast about how your mental health intersects with the productivity and function

of your life. It's depression mode.

I'm John Moe.

I'm glad you're here.

So instead of thinking about the limitless resource of the sun,

let's look at something else,

something that is also seemingly limitless in of the sun, let's look at something else, something that is also

seemingly limitless in terms of availability, but pertaining instead to mental health.

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