Until you’re building transmission to your house

Don't build a house where there aren't any power lines.

He just defeated your argument, so now you're telling everyone to be helpless.

Brilliant.

Dude is complaining about a 100% predictable consequence of his own actions.

Wrong. Re-read.

$75K could get you an insane solar system.

It could also be invested and pay for decades of electricity.

Until the next price hike

Solar power from a battery is the most expensive electricity.

No, because if you bothered to read what he said, it would cost that much to INSTALL it... and THEN pay more in a lifetime of very high bills.

Only because HE chose to build his house in an area without power lines.

You sure work hard to promote helplessness. Do you feel helpless?

Because power outages are extremely annoying and eliminating dependencies is a good thing.

They are also very rare and a simple diesel or natural gas generator is a far cheaper method of getting power during an outage.

> They are also very rare

Not where I live.

> a simple diesel or natural gas generator is a far cheaper method of getting power during an outage.

Not self-sustainable. The goal is completely self-contained energy generation. Dependence on externally sourced fuels fails the requirements.