Am I crazy for thinking this is power-tripping?

Got banned from !energy@slrpnk.net for pointing out that it was a big reach to say that wind power is included in the term "solar energy". The mod referenced a temp ban from two years ago? Tried to say I've got a "history" of trolling and harassment, as well that I "doxxed" user DMs which also happened two years ago. I even, at the time, talked with the mod involved and reposted that comment without the DM screenshots. Like I don't have an entirely squeaky clean modlog but it's only a single page over two years? What the fluff? Like it's a two week ban and I could hardly care but jeeze this feels like overreach.

https://slrpnk.net/modlog?page=1&actionType=All&userId=518329

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PTB.
slrpnk seems to have lost it's way. It was cool at first, but I don't know what happened to them lately. They used to be cool and laid back. Now a lot of mods and admin over there have become PTB
- Now a lot of mods and admin over there have become PTB
  I've never seen @poVoq@slrpnk.net power tripping, what are you referring to?
  
  I am not the only admin on slrpnk 😅
  But look at who you are replying again 🤷
- It's the nature of mods. Its kinda their whole deal. They get increasingly unhinged as cop brain takes over (because all mods are cops).
  They just turn into unhinged little punishment mschines, and if theres nothing to punish for real they make shit up. Not out of spite, but to self-mythologize. You're barely even in the picture.
If you think about it, oil is just rotting plants, and what do plants use to grow? That's right - the sun. Therefore burning oil is solar energy uwu
Seriously tho, even if there was a reasonable argument to be had for "wind = solar" banning someone for discussion about the topic is a certified powertrip clsssic
- Best case they mean the generic green energy
- It's not even... Whats the moral valemce if this argument? We're avways away f4om being able to blow up the sun.
- All the energy comes from the sun. Hydroelectric? Yes it's the sun the one rising that water up so we can use all that energy when it goes down. Nuclear? Those heavy elements only form deep in the stars. Geothermal? The earth would be pretty cold by now if it weren't for that shiny bastard. It's really the only source of low entropy energy the planet has.
  Still, including wind power in the term 'solar energy' is a stretch.
  
  Except tidal. That one comes from the moon.
A two week ban because you said you think calling wind energy "solar" is a reach?
Yeah, PTB, no question.
Looks like a pretty obvious case of PTB for me...
The reasoning given is even more of a reach than "wind=solar".
- It's really not a reach though, wind is created by the sun heating Earth. It's a bit pedantic maybe but it's not a reach, it's direct cause and effect.
  It's not a reach to say something that is technically correct. To say something is a reach or a stretch is to imply it is not entirely true or is not precise. The sun literally powers the wind on earth, it is just as much a reach to call a penguin a bird.
  
  You have to go pretty far into pedantry... Which makes it a huge reach.
  Its a valid comment to say its a reach, and also extremely valid to say this mod was reaaaaaaaccchhhing with their actions.
  
  I guess that means wave power is actually Lunar energy as well then 🤔
def power trip
Oh snap I commented on that post! Literally every comment on it has been people pointing that out, I had a whole conversation with the OP being annoyed that people are focusing on that instead of the article itself (which IS fair from OPs side and understandably annoying), but that just highlights how stupid it is for a mod to ban you for it. Also shows arbitrary moderation that no one else got banned, dude had it in for you, definitely a PTB.
- Pretty sure the OP was the one that banned me. They're a mod in that community and it seemed too fast to be the other one.
  
  Huh, maybe they were quick to get frustrated but failed to realize that would be the majority opinion, lol.
PTB! The moderator of !climate@slrpnk.net also has a history of power-tripping.
Like it's a two week ban and I could hardly care but jeeze this feels like overreach.
When you make a post about a ban a comment like this feels a little disingenuous.
I agree with the mod that wind should be counted as solar since ultimately it is derived from the sun's solar energy hitting the earth. Really though we should just call them renewable energy sources.
I also agree with you though, that doesn't seem like a comment worthy of a ban. I'd just wait the two weeks and not sweat it.
- Like another poster said, oil is rotten plants, which grew from solar energy, so oil=solar.
  Nuclear power plants run on uranium. Uranium is produced during the merging of neutron stars. So nuclear=solar.
  Should we just say that all energy is solar? Or maybe we can just agree on some high-level categories to help differentiate between different concepts to make discussing them less confusing?
  
  No, wind gets a pass because it is literally just recovering solar energy from the planet being heated by the sun. So it's solar energy. There are no chemical steps involved to get to the energy and it's renewable. When did I say that we shouldn't have high level categories to help differentiate between concepts? I only said that I believe wind should be considered solar energy because it is. The other types you're referring to are many steps removed from just plain old energy transfer.
- Hydroelectric is also solar because the hydrologic cycle is dependent on solar evaporation of water to create rain clouds:
  Next up on Seven Degrees of Solar Energy...
- So oil is solar energy too. From sun to plant to oil. Boom. Solar.
  
  There are chemical processes involved in that. Wind is just the sun heating up rocks and oceans and air.
- I think a large part of what this comm is for, is warning other users that a PTB exists in the first place. I'm a bit annoyed, but I can cope with the ban, it's no skin off my back.
- I agree with the mod that wind should be counted as solar since ultimately it is derived from the sun's solar energy hitting the earth.
  Idk by that definition we animal are all solar powered.

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