I just thought a bit on this and this idea sounds very much another chapter in the 'left'-leaning 1%er rich socialite tradition of romanticizing poverty. The

I just thought a bit on this and this idea sounds very much another chapter in the 'left'-leaning 1%er rich socialite tradition of romanticizing poverty. The actual grounded reality of solar power is that small scale solar powerplants are mostly popping up in the southern hemisphere, and their existence is justified by true need, note some first-world champagne socialist's desire for a green economy. Countries in the southern hemisphere tend to be poorer, have lesser quality governments and infrastructure, meaning the continuous supply of electricity is not a given. At the same time, these places get a lot more sunlight, and need constantly running ACs, as in sweltering hot weather, having an air conditioner can be a life or death decision. I'm pretty sure the availablity of reliable power and constant tolerable indoor temperatures has been a godsend to these places and will show up as a major economic booster in the years to come. Thus the recently falling prices and rising availablity (of mainly Chinese) panels, inverters, and batteries has been a godsend for these places. If you look on youtube, there's an absolute ton of videos showcasing solar installs in places like the Middle East and Africa, which would satisfy the definiton of 'solarpunk', as in, communities only weakly tied to central infrastructure. Meanwhile, places like the US or Europe, don't suffer from energy scarcity, comparatively get less sunlight and have expensive, and overly complex permitting processes.