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by skrtskrt 616 days ago
the grid is going to continue to get efficiency and renewable energy improvements that help at a much more massive scale.

it's 1000x more helpful to just like only run your big appliances when your grid is using more renewables.

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Not sure that’s true due to power losses over distance. Running your appliances off your own solar panels and not having to draw from the grid is probably more efficient in terms of energy generation.