[perpetuallunch]

Since all we’re doing is opinions, and all opinions are equal.

It’s a scam.

All that money we’re coughing up for rooftop solar and batteries at home would be better spent investing in grid scale electricity generation, of any technology.

That way the best ideas generate more profit than the lesser ideas, and market discovery can solve problems.

Maybe governments could incentivise renters and home owners alike by discounting tax liabilities on new power generation investments. Or share holders could be offered discount rates. I’m open to ideas.

Rather than government picking winners, which seems to have a terrible track record.

Therefore, I posit my opinion is more valuable than yours.

[mullingitover]

> All that money we’re coughing up for rooftop solar and batteries at home would be better spent investing in grid scale electricity generation, of any technology.

In my city we literally can't buy any more grid scale solar. We rely on the county for transmission, we're buying all we can, and we're maxed. So you either get solar installed or you're paying some of the highest rates for electricity in the country.

I'm installing the max balcony solar the law allows the day it's legal. It's the biggest no-brainer every, it'll pay itself off in ~2 years in my case because it's knocking out the most expensive part of my power bill.

[perpetuallunch]

> in my city we literally can't buy any more grid scale solar.

Ok. That’s not the argument I was making though.

And neither is the rest of your comment a reply to anything I wrote.

Of course in the absence of the full suite of options, people will and should make rational economic decisions based on the options they do have.

And hopefully keep voting the bastards out until better options are on the table.