I guess it is funny- however it is a true story with a factual punchline.
As a GA Tech fan and I love to tell football jokes about the University of GA. Football rivalry is great and the jokes are rampant.
Down South it is difficult for us to make fun of each other state- to- state since we are typically lagging behind the other states in most categories (besides football). Luckily, we all have Mississippi as a fall back so we can feel better about ourselves. In Georgia’s case we have Alabama in a couple categories. Green being one of them. I knew that we were a bit progressive since we had “power and indoor plumbing”, but I thought that was just a joke!
It gets better- last year GA passed some legislation that allowed for their taxpayers to get tax credits for renewable energy items such as solar power, solar thermal and geothermal HVAC. So now GA is a green state. Go Georgia (Tech)! I went to a website that shows all of the credits across all of the states and I clicked on Alabama.
I know you all are waiting for the punchline- so here it is. In Alabama instead of all that “fancy high tech stuff” you get a tax credit for burning wood! Since trees grow and they are renewable that makes you eligible for a credit for a wood burning stove! I’m sorry they call it “Wood-Burning Heating System Deduction.” Sounds like a fire pit to me. With the extra money that they get back on their tax return Alabama they can use it to go get their “tooth” fixed.
Here is the official site. As you can see it’s funny but it is not a “made up” joke.
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