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This is their plan to get more people to install stand-alone PV systems. Grids (electric, gas, etc.) are communal things, and Texans resist communism.
by jhallenworld 4y ago
This is their plan to get more people to install stand-alone PV systems.
Grids (electric, gas, etc.) are communal things, and Texans resist communism.
- usrn 4y agoSolar panels are pretty hard on the environment and (in places with poor regulation) the people manufacturing them but once you've got them set up they're pretty fantastic (provided you don't accidentally smash them like I did my first system.) You have truly independent energy this way. Also there are consumer products like the jackery that make moving power easy for normal people so It's not hard to share with your neighbors when they need some extra too.
- chrisco255 4y agoI'm not a fan of giant solar farms cut into forests, but if someone adds panels to their roof or yard seems like an easy enough way to cut energy demand in the sunbelt in particular.
- wumpus 4y ago> I'm not a fan of giant solar farms cut into forests What % of new solar farms are cut into forests? I can't think of a one, I'm sure there is one, but it's hard to imagine it's a high %.
- pfdietz 4y agoSolar panels are not pretty hard on the environment.
- supernovae 4y agoit’s unfortunate many local utilities in Texas actually punish for solar. It’s a good thing off grid solar and battery storage is really coming down in price.