PBS: Small plug-in solar panels gain traction as an affordable way to cut electricity bills
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Small plug-in solar panels gain traction as an affordable way to cut electricity bills
For years, solar power at home was mostly limited to people who owned their rooftops and could afford the steep upfront costs.Laura Klivans, KQED (PBS News)
It'll be okay, we'll make it.
in reply to AI6YR Ben • • •Affordable for those who don't have a local PV panel monopoly strangling them.
I really wish I could get solar without having to scour every garage sale. I've got solarstein's monster sitting in front of my house lol.
Nicole Parsons
in reply to It'll be okay, we'll make it. • • •@onedawnconstant
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Trump ended many of the solar panel manufacturing subsidies from Biden's administration.
Many went bankrupt
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Trump is manipulating energy supply to benefit his fossil fuel donors
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The huge hikes in electricity utility rates too.
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Recommendation: get into solar panel smuggling & evade Trump's tariffs
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Revealed: Trump’s fossil-fuel donors to profit from data-center boom and green rollbacks
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in reply to AI6YR Ben • • •Nazo
in reply to diana 🏳️⚧️🦋🌱 • • •@dianea I'm a bit curious what it costs to reach that scale? My needs personally are simple for the most part, but I just have to run my AC in the summer or I'll die. (I start getting serious headaches, brain fog multiplies exponentially, etc etc when it reaches 25C or higher in my house. When it reaches 28C I start actually having mental issues. It's a real thing, not a personal preference. No I don't know why.) Other than the AC, it's pretty much just cooking stuff in a toaster oven or etc (I don't use my real oven, but I do use the stove eyes which I guess probably aren't using that much power. I think.) Other than that, my PC is the only big thing. Everything else is small. So I think a few kW might be enough even.
But the money...
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in reply to Nazo • • •$10,000 bought me an all in one setup, including 10KWh of lithium iron phosphate batteries, 6KW off grid inverter, and a 10KW pallet of panels. I'm sure the cost is less now. It was delivered onto my driveway the day after the order and set up by myself that afternoon. SignatureSolar in Texas and they usually have a free shipping deal.