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Re:Colorado 'solar garden' is a farm under solar panels by cronix on Sunday November 14, 2021 @03:26PM (#29220332)
> Every person that generates their own electricity stops paying their fair share of maintaining the grid

"their fair share." What exactly is that for something you don't use?

This is a bit like saying everyone who walks/bikes to work stops paying their fair share of gas taxes that maintain the roads their food arrives on.

Re:Colorado 'solar garden' is a farm under solar panels by giaour on Sunday November 14, 2021 @03:56PM (#29220612)
> This is a bit like saying everyone who walks/bikes to work stops paying their fair share of gas taxes that maintain the roads their food arrives on.

I haven't seen people argue this point for people who don't own a car, but my state does have a special levy on electric and high efficiency vehicles to make up for lost gas tax revenues: https://www.dmv.virginia.gov/vehicles/#highwayuse_fee.asp

Re:Colorado 'solar garden' is a farm under solar panels by scheme271 on Sunday November 14, 2021 @11:29PM (#29223694)
They actually do. Gas taxes pay about 60% of the costs to maintain the road infrastructure and given that the damage caused to roads increases as the square of the vehicle's weight, walking/biking causes minimal wear and is offset by the 40% of road costs that come from general taxes.
Re:Colorado 'solar garden' is a farm under solar panels by neutronicus on Sunday November 14, 2021 @03:47PM (#29220503)
In this hypothetical, they are still using the Grid to power their homes at night
Re:Colorado 'solar garden' is a farm under solar panels by cronix on Sunday November 14, 2021 @11:46PM (#29223814)
You added that part.