Most people aren’t interested in being responsible for their own electrical generation. Especially with payback still being on the order of decades

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testing22321 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

My payback is 6-7 years in Canada with $0 invested.

“Responsible for my own power generation” = I do literally nothing. Nada.

I get $1000 a year for free.

Please show me someone who does not want $1000 per year for absolutely nothing.

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AngryData 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A lot of people in my area are interested and it would be a net positive for them long term, but the area is poor so few can afford the initial costs despite knowing the money they would ultimately be saving.

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seanmcdirmid 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Most people don’t have the capital to be responsible for their own electricity generation, except the rich.

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andor 2 hours ago | parent [-]

It's really not expensive anymore. There's a Black Friday deal on amazon.de for an entry-level Anker Solix system with 4x500W panels and a 2.6 kWh battery. 1200 EUR.

For those that don't have the cash, financing is available.

Have you read this, about SunKing and SunCulture in Africa, recently posted on HN: https://climatedrift.substack.com/p/why-solarpunk-is-already...

Their smallest solar products are small lanterns. Simply having a pollution-free source of light is already a quality of life improvement for some people. One step up is to add a USB port to charge phones.

	▲	seanmcdirmid 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Oh I’m sure, Pakistan has alot of trade with China also so it’s probably cheaper than in the west. But it would still be expensive for the poorer Pakistanis, and would require some investment, they simply have less ability to do that than a richer middle class Pakistani, so the poor pay the poor tax because they can’t invest capital to bring their costs down. Low Chinese prices are making it more and more possible though. I hope the future will be really different.