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esskay 1y ago
Ah yes...because the simple solution is always "just pack up your life, leave behind your family and friends, and relocate half way across the country".
- donnachangstein 1y ago
  Relocating is a simpler ask to most ordinary people than is turning their garage into a battery vault.
  - Dylan16807 1y ago
    That's the most ridiculous claim I've seen in a while. Giving up one foot of space along one garage wall is not a big deal. And if you're worried about physically getting the batteries into place, hiring people would still be cheaper than movers. Also, a basement that removes cooling costs for the home lab would not make a big difference. If the 800W A/C unit runs 8 hours a day for 4 months out of the year, then it's only about 10% of the home lab power use. Since it's not needed at night it's probably even less.
  - jajko 1y ago
    From logical/cost perspective maybe, from emotional not so much... is it really that hard to see it?
  - esskay 1y ago
    Yeah sorry but thats the most insane take anyone could have. You're again quite litterally saying upping sticks and moving across country, so new job, losing friends and family, etc is the best option, vs losing a big of garage space...
- willis936 1y ago
  Unironically that is what cost-of-living is forcing a lot of people to do in coastal cities. If you have a cushy six figure salary you aren't faced with that reality, but it's different for median-income.
borski 1y ago
Yeah, because you don't lose anything by living in the middle of nowhere. There are benefits to being in the bay area, too. This happens to not be one of them. Living in "a part of the country that has basements" is no utopia either. Also: my house, in the bay area... has a basement.
Cthulhu_ 1y ago
That cellar wouldn't stay that temperature once they put a 1 kW heater element in there though.
BrtByte 1y ago
Yeah, he spent a ton, but he clearly wanted to stay where he is and took control of the situation in a way that fits his priorities
lostlogin 1y ago
Many of us like where we live, like our jobs and like our warn out old houses. There are plenty of more efficient ways of doing things, but I still stuck solar on this old, energy inefficient house.

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Ah yes...because the simple solution is always "just pack up your life, leave behind your family and friends, and relocate half way across the country".

donnachangstein 1y ago
Relocating is a simpler ask to most ordinary people than is turning their garage into a battery vault.
- Dylan16807 1y ago
  That's the most ridiculous claim I've seen in a while. Giving up one foot of space along one garage wall is not a big deal. And if you're worried about physically getting the batteries into place, hiring people would still be cheaper than movers. Also, a basement that removes cooling costs for the home lab would not make a big difference. If the 800W A/C unit runs 8 hours a day for 4 months out of the year, then it's only about 10% of the home lab power use. Since it's not needed at night it's probably even less.
- jajko 1y ago
  From logical/cost perspective maybe, from emotional not so much... is it really that hard to see it?
- esskay 1y ago
  Yeah sorry but thats the most insane take anyone could have. You're again quite litterally saying upping sticks and moving across country, so new job, losing friends and family, etc is the best option, vs losing a big of garage space...
willis936 1y ago
Unironically that is what cost-of-living is forcing a lot of people to do in coastal cities. If you have a cushy six figure salary you aren't faced with that reality, but it's different for median-income.

borski 1y ago

Yeah, because you don't lose anything by living in the middle of nowhere. There are benefits to being in the bay area, too. This happens to not be one of them. Living in "a part of the country that has basements" is no utopia either. Also: my house, in the bay area... has a basement.

Cthulhu_ 1y ago

That cellar wouldn't stay that temperature once they put a 1 kW heater element in there though.

BrtByte 1y ago

Yeah, he spent a ton, but he clearly wanted to stay where he is and took control of the situation in a way that fits his priorities

lostlogin 1y ago

Many of us like where we live, like our jobs and like our warn out old houses. There are plenty of more efficient ways of doing things, but I still stuck solar on this old, energy inefficient house.