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I'll hold up Texas as example #1 why we should heavily invest in residential solar rather than relegate it to utility scale. Day to day it will alleviate grid l
by AtlasBarfed 6y ago
I'll hold up Texas as example #1 why we should heavily invest in residential solar rather than relegate it to utility scale. Day to day it will alleviate grid load, but who wouldn't want solar + storage in situations like this?
America has been sapped of its ability to manage large things as its empire declines. The grid is a huge accomplishment of policy and governance, but I think decentralization is something that should be practically pursued now at a policy level for many reasons, even if it isn't the absolute cheapest source like grid scale solar and wind.
Certainly we need it if we go full-bore into hybrids and EVs for consumer transportation.
- wmf 6y agoJust make sure you get off-grid solar, not grid-tie solar.
- toomuchtodo 6y agoYou want grid tie solar, so that you can export power when you're generating beyond local consumption needs (assuming net metering), but when the grid goes down, you can island (if you've installed storage) and run independently of a down grid.