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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/36435067
An usually wide adoption of rooftop solar in Aleppo, Syria.
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Does no one remember this place being decimated by the US and Russia?? It's not unusual, its because there is probably a lack of reliable electricity infrastructure
The US is normally the country that bombs the middle east but in Aleppo it was almost exclusively Russia and the Assad regime that did the bombings. Saudi Arabia (and to a lesser extent Turkey) were the ones who sponsored ISIS. The US for once actually sponsored the relatively good guys in the conflict by backing the AANES ("Rojava").
This is not to say that the US had any moral reasons to choose the AANES. It was strictly geopolitics but even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Broken clock that never goes right?
I live there. I can confirm, I believe right now it's because our gov cannot pay for it. The price of power has increased by 800% since Jan 2026. Much more than the avg citizen can afford
Where do you folks source your solar panel from?
China
China, just like the rest of the world. Solar panels are cheap AF
I'd say China and resellers
So these are systems that work when the main power is down? Do people have battery packs too?
Yes. Shit load of battery packs and DC2AC inverters
Almost every house has at least some sort of battery
Yes.
Tech Altar video about tech in Syria
Cool, thanks for that link!
Why not because of that and because it's a great thing to have?
Why does almost everything here seem to have a need to be absolute?
Same. Nothing in the original post hints that op was unaware of the war.
After I read your comment and the title I might see an angle:
It's a stretch to interprete that considering the war and the need for electricity resulting in the easiest way to get access to independant electricity is solar (because water can't do it and neither can wind).
But depending on the cultural lense it's
A: Duh. Obviously we need solar because the US bombed our grid to dust
or
B: Huh. That sure is a high number of solar panels. My city doesnt have that many panels.
Its a great thing to have, totally. But if this was happening with the primary reason of it being a great thing to have we would be seeing similiar sights in other, developed places too.
By the US? Do you mean IS, Assad, and Hezbollah?
Yup, they have had a total systems collapse. They are there because they have not choice not due to any forward thinking or some other policy.
We, the West, wilk be three too. Degrowth wilk happen, the questions is, nie voluntary it will be.