Re:Off-grid solar brings light, time and income to remotest ...
by gpm on Sunday May 14, 2023 @08:39PM
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If you mean to say "as long as they can't afford luxuries they'll do without them" that is no doubt true.
However to suggest that once they can afford luxuries that are most cheaply acquired by going beyond a single-household electricity setup that they won't continue to do without them over some attachment to not having a grid, that claim seems almost certainly completely incorrect.
It also needs to be said that electricity isn't just used for "wasteful things", it's used for making things more efficient, so that people can do more. The article talks about this in the context of lighting, but it's no less true in the context of washing machines, and dishwashers, and microwaves, and air-conditioning [1], and mechanized transportation (electric bikes/cars/...), and ...
However to suggest that once they can afford luxuries that are most cheaply acquired by going beyond a single-household electricity setup that they won't continue to do without them over some attachment to not having a grid, that claim seems almost certainly completely incorrect.
It also needs to be said that electricity isn't just used for "wasteful things", it's used for making things more efficient, so that people can do more. The article talks about this in the context of lighting, but it's no less true in the context of washing machines, and dishwashers, and microwaves, and air-conditioning [1], and mechanized transportation (electric bikes/cars/...), and ...
[1] http://corporatemechanical.com/how-air-conditioning-impacts-...