[epistasis]

Edit: and there it is, the post has been flagged, to be kept off the front page and suppressed from discovery.

Most people in the US don't know that things like this even exist, so it's novel, new, and interesting.

Our media environment and politics have kept us away from broad understanding of current technology and possibilities. The US also has Stockholm-syndrome levels of subservience to HOAs, too, for example. When it comes to clean energy, regulation is assumed to be impossible to change, as is the grid. (But when it comes to energy for data centers, all regulations can be changed, and boy will the grid undergo changes, all billed back to residential ratepayers...)

It's hard to overstate just how bad the US is when it comes to the random person understanding hot-button Fox news topics like EVs and solar and wind and batteries.

[SirFatty]

"Most people in the US don't know that things like this even exist,"

Exactly how would you know that?

[epistasis]

Talking to people in real life. Comments on articles like this. The fact that it's only legal in a handful of states...

[Aurornis]

If you want to share information about balcony solar, submit a neutral link explaining it.

Don’t submit an admit for a product that comes with a subscription.

[epistasis]

I don't want to submit information solar, I want to consume it, and in particular I'd like to know about this ad/sales page, whatever it is.

HN is filled with commercial sales pitches, and even encourages self-promotion.

I can't be certain why this one type of product suddenly gets people saying "no ads," but I have my suspicions.

[walrus01]

> Edit: and there it is, the post has been flagged, to be kept off the front page and suppressed from discovery.

it wasn't flagged because of some nefarious plan to suppress people from knowing about this, it was flagged because it's marketing bullshit. There's lots of really good material out there about DIY solar and this isn't it.