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"Fuck the future, we're just livin' for today's...profits" Still installing solar on all the buildings I own.

lifeinthevoid 2y ago
Yip, I've also installed a heat pump and solar in my house, insulated well, removed my gas connection, etc. Not the most economically viable decision I guess, but it felt like the right thing to do.
- bamboozled 2y ago
  Same here, heat pump and massive DIY cellulose fiber insulation job. Gas has been disconnected. We quite comfortably sit in our house in our underwear with a very modest electricity bill. We're lucky because we have a stream near our heat pump unit which apparently feeds off the water vapor. Luckily it doesn't get quite cold enough here for the stream to freeze.
- coffeebeqn 2y ago
  A heat pump should be the cheapest single family house option in the long run though. I had gas heating for a while and that certainly adds up in the winter
femto 2y ago
This makes perfect economic sense, without any environmental arguments. Rooftop solar now produces 11.2% of the electricity in the Australian market [1], as it's the cheapest source of electricity. That percentage is not a peak value, but averaged across the year. On some summer days, rooftop solar is effectively powering the entire grid and is having to be throttled. That 11.2% only includes the power that enters the market. It does not include power which houses generate and consume on-site, which does not pass through the meter, so the actual percentage is higher. [1] https://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/australia-solar-2024-mb3086/ https://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/australia-solar-2024-mb3...
- senectus1 2y ago
  Im about to invest in enough battery that even in summer i should be able to save all my solar without exporting any back to the grid. 20-30kw i think is where its at.
  - bamboozled 2y ago
    Awesome, blog about it? How much of it are you doing yourself? I'm doing a renovation on our barn, which is almost a rebuild, I'm changing the roof design so it will be a massive solar array, directly south facing no less!
    - senectus1 2y ago
      I wish I was able to like you, but I'm in Australia and our laws around building codes and electrical work are very restrictive.
- bamboozled 2y ago
  That's the funny part about all this "drill baby drill" talk. This isn't going to be stopping people from charging ahead with renewables and renewable investment. Really looking forward to seeing how it will play out but I feel the oil barrons are on the wrong side of history here. The other obvious reason is air quality, apparently lung cancer is on the rise globally, nasty shit.
  - mrguyorama 2y ago
    >I feel the oil barrons are on the wrong side of history here. Why would they care? They are all dead in a couple decades anyway and will be stupidly wealthy the whole time. Shame never worked on the capitalist class which is why we had to literally start murdering them to get basic things like "You can't work more than 40 hours a week without a slight premium in price"
soupfordummies 2y ago
Yeah I really don't get it. They've gotta know better than anyone right? And they're the ones with arguably the most power to change it. So they're knowingly and intentionally choosing money now over burning up our planet AND THEMSELVES. I just don't get it. Unless they've somehow rationalized it to themselves that oil isn't accelerating climate change. Which brings me back to my first point -- they gotta know, and better than anyone, right?
- bamboozled 2y ago
  Psychopathy + Capitalism = Destruction

Yip, I've also installed a heat pump and solar in my house, insulated well, removed my gas connection, etc. Not the most economically viable decision I guess, but it felt like the right thing to do.

bamboozled 2y ago
Same here, heat pump and massive DIY cellulose fiber insulation job. Gas has been disconnected. We quite comfortably sit in our house in our underwear with a very modest electricity bill. We're lucky because we have a stream near our heat pump unit which apparently feeds off the water vapor. Luckily it doesn't get quite cold enough here for the stream to freeze.
coffeebeqn 2y ago
A heat pump should be the cheapest single family house option in the long run though. I had gas heating for a while and that certainly adds up in the winter

femto 2y ago

This makes perfect economic sense, without any environmental arguments. Rooftop solar now produces 11.2% of the electricity in the Australian market [1], as it's the cheapest source of electricity. That percentage is not a peak value, but averaged across the year. On some summer days, rooftop solar is effectively powering the entire grid and is having to be throttled. That 11.2% only includes the power that enters the market. It does not include power which houses generate and consume on-site, which does not pass through the meter, so the actual percentage is higher. [1] https://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/australia-solar-2024-mb3086/ https://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/australia-solar-2024-mb3...

senectus1 2y ago
Im about to invest in enough battery that even in summer i should be able to save all my solar without exporting any back to the grid. 20-30kw i think is where its at.
- bamboozled 2y ago
  Awesome, blog about it? How much of it are you doing yourself? I'm doing a renovation on our barn, which is almost a rebuild, I'm changing the roof design so it will be a massive solar array, directly south facing no less!
  - senectus1 2y ago
    I wish I was able to like you, but I'm in Australia and our laws around building codes and electrical work are very restrictive.
bamboozled 2y ago
That's the funny part about all this "drill baby drill" talk. This isn't going to be stopping people from charging ahead with renewables and renewable investment. Really looking forward to seeing how it will play out but I feel the oil barrons are on the wrong side of history here. The other obvious reason is air quality, apparently lung cancer is on the rise globally, nasty shit.
- mrguyorama 2y ago
  >I feel the oil barrons are on the wrong side of history here. Why would they care? They are all dead in a couple decades anyway and will be stupidly wealthy the whole time. Shame never worked on the capitalist class which is why we had to literally start murdering them to get basic things like "You can't work more than 40 hours a week without a slight premium in price"

soupfordummies 2y ago

Yeah I really don't get it. They've gotta know better than anyone right? And they're the ones with arguably the most power to change it. So they're knowingly and intentionally choosing money now over burning up our planet AND THEMSELVES. I just don't get it. Unless they've somehow rationalized it to themselves that oil isn't accelerating climate change. Which brings me back to my first point -- they gotta know, and better than anyone, right?

bamboozled 2y ago
Psychopathy + Capitalism = Destruction