• anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    For the same reason we want to subsidize solar production in residential construction even though it’s more efficient and cost-productive to do it at-scale. Having energy production and storage at the point of use reduces strain on power infrastructure and helps alleviate the types of load surging ayyy is talking about.

    It’s not a replacement for modernizing our power grids, too - it simply helps to make them more resilient.

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      3 days ago

      That’s understandable but do we need it now? Neither pv nor batteries last forever. I’m just not sure if we need them now (or short-medium term future). But I’m not in the position to decide upon it