Power companies: "We're overloaded because of AI datacenters and need some relief. Let's let people pay for their own hardware. Its OK, we'll still charge them more for the remaining demand than we used to for the full amount. Plus we'll find a way to increase delivery fees for the privilege."
Only half kidding, more solar is more good.
In the US there's no way the average consumer will come out ahead. None. Anything they give you nowadays is either a loss leader wrapped in subscriptions or pay over time/interest scams or just neutered to the point of futility.
One which doesn't require professional installation has real potential to cut the cost of solar by making it about who can sell a good-enough panel the most cheaply. That hasn't happened so far in the US, and means that rooftop solar is something like 4x the price it is in other countries.
My neighbors have one of these… I’m pretty sure they didn’t get permission for it. It probably feeds back into mains if the power is out.
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