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Re:California pulls the plug on rooftop solar by matheusmoreira on Saturday December 17, 2022 @01:00AM (#34025252)
Because power outages are extremely annoying and eliminating dependencies is a good thing.
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Re:California pulls the plug on rooftop solar by HyperSane on Saturday December 17, 2022 @06:12PM (#34033268)
They are also very rare and a simple diesel or natural gas generator is a far cheaper method of getting power during an outage.
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Re:California pulls the plug on rooftop solar by matheusmoreira on Sunday December 18, 2022 @09:45PM (#34047720)
> 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.

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