Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 5 days agoSolar is winning the energy race - The world’s cheapest power source is scaling at warp speed, pushing coal, gas and nuclear asidewww.dw.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1210cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@piefed.socialenvironment@beehaw.org
arrow-up1210external-linkSolar is winning the energy race - The world’s cheapest power source is scaling at warp speed, pushing coal, gas and nuclear asidewww.dw.comChris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 5 days agomessage-square28fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@piefed.socialenvironment@beehaw.org
minus-squarePowderhorn@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoI was apparently unclear about the order of operations. When I left my 1/1 apartment, I was effectively paying $3/kWh. I now pay $0. And yes, I live in my van full-time.
minus-squarethemurphy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·56 minutes agoAh, fairs. Well in some countries solar is curbed. You are forced to sell it back to the grid at a low price. The thought is good, because everyone benefits. In practice it’s bad because nobody wants to buy the panels. They just changed this in my country so hopefully it will be more popular. Also government buildings are getting it all over now.
I was apparently unclear about the order of operations. When I left my 1/1 apartment, I was effectively paying $3/kWh. I now pay $0. And yes, I live in my van full-time.
Ah, fairs.
Well in some countries solar is curbed. You are forced to sell it back to the grid at a low price.
The thought is good, because everyone benefits. In practice it’s bad because nobody wants to buy the panels.
They just changed this in my country so hopefully it will be more popular. Also government buildings are getting it all over now.