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It makes absolutely no financial sense to go "off grid".

• pengaru 3y ago
  > It makes absolutely no financial sense to go "off grid". It makes plenty of sense if you're operating on a small scale, on the order of tiny house territory. This is obvious if you just imagine the extreme case; someone in a yurt on some land with just LED lights and laptop/phone/Starlink to power. The cost of getting grid-tied alone would trivially blow out the cost of such a meager solar+battery+inverter setup. That's not even considering the recurring cost of power bills. But I would agree it probably doesn't make financial sense to transition off-grid if you've already got the power poles and meter connected outside. Especially with a sizable inefficient American house...