• @TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    175 months ago

    People should really be thinking about their homes as much/ if not more than EVs.

    The cost to convert your home to solar +battery has dropped through the floor.

    • @spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works
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      115 months ago

      Depends where you live. IIRC California made it more difficult to have solar installed. Where I am there is a cap on the size of installation I can get, and how much I can produce.

      Yes the technology is there and it’s great, but regulatory capture is still a huge problem.

      • @RubberElectrons@lemmy.world
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        45 months ago

        Goddamn PG&E, and soCal Edison are responsible for that.

        “Ooo we’re in the business of making money, not paying homeowners for generating it with their own panels” bitch shut the fuck up.

    • @glitch1985@lemmy.world
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      15 months ago

      Any idea when this happened? I live in a state with cheap electric and a few years ago after doing the calculation it wasn’t worth it to invest in solar. I’d love if that’s changed in the past 4 years.

    • @CanadaPlus
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      5 months ago

      If you’re building something new, it’s a no-brainer, even. You can use panels as the roofing material rather than an additional layer now. There’s both fancy products like the Tesla one and more practical options.

      • @TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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        25 months ago

        If you’re building something new, it’s a no-brainer, even. You can use panels as the roofing material now. There’s both fancy products like the Tesla one and more practical options.

        If you are pulling a construction loan or doing development, absolutely.

        Roll it into the price of development and you can be practically fully independent of the grid out the gate.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      -25 months ago

      Unfortunately that doesn’t work for all of us. Solar isn’t very viable where I live, since there’s not much sunshine.

      • @Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
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        45 months ago

        Pointless comment tbh, you might as well have said “That doesn’t work for all of us because some people sleep under a bridge”