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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org to c/europe@feddit.org

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/19852594

Edit: Be aware that some people try to post misinformation here, such as that such plants are not safe in the case of a power failure (untrue), or that they are not economical (untrue, their advantage is that they have very low installation costs).

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[-] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

In North Korea you need your balcony solar cells to power your phone because most households have no power lines. Germans pretty much copied this tactic when energy prices briefly went through the roof and it caught on. North Korea did it first and it‘s actually kind of sad people have to resort to such measures in a seemingly rich country like Germany because we‘ve made us very energy dependent when we were world leaders in renewables not long ago. There should be solar and wind parks everywhere by now but citizens have to take care of that themselves. It has a nice side effect of being less reliant on the grid but no balcony cell is gonna power your fridge for very long on it‘s own. It‘s just cheaper in the long run but it really shouldn‘t be. The government shouldn‘t have slept on it for so long.

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 days ago

What the fuck are you smoking?

[-] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Do you have a different opinion or was I not being clear?

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