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And it takes all of 30seconds to look up instead of posting sarcastic hyperbole that the company is trying to greenwash their product by name when it’s a 100 year old company name.

Confusing as it may be for people like yourself, I don’t think it really defends posting sarcasm that is not based in reality.

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I didn't really think it was greenwashing, just hilarious to have one of the largest gas turbine companies in the world named "solar turbines"

> "It's green energy, we put solar in our name"

You can call this whatever you want.


We call them "jokes"

It's 2026 - they should change their fucking name.

How did that work out for X? I mean, Twitter. Or Meta? You mean Facebook?

Name recognition matters especially to people in particular segments.




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