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Demigod787 t1_jaeskzj wrote

I was one of the first adopters of solar in my neighborhood thanks to the government's solar scheme. Six years later, my solar panels have more than paid for themselves and now almost every rooftop has them. I owe it all to my electricity company for making my life so fucking difficult that I had to get solar just to say "fuck you" to them.

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KiwiHorror1 t1_jaetvls wrote

we need more folks like you speaking out about their experiences, because in other countries, we're still trapped in the "but where do we store all duh energy when the sun has gone bye bye?!" level of willfull ignorance.

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SerpentineLogic t1_jaezo7j wrote

That's still an issue across the wider grid, but some parts of Australia have hydro power, so you can either slow them down or run them in reverse when power is plentiful.

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KiwiHorror1 t1_jaf3pd6 wrote

yeah I'm lucky to live in an area where hydro is so plentiful that my electricity bill is regularly below $20. I'd love to see advances in storage technology that didn't need lithium from impoverished countries.

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