• @Pronell
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    31 day ago

    I’m on a city lot, I’m pretty sure zoning requirements make my comment a joke.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      51 day ago

      There are designs intended for installation on urban buildings, but so far, they’ve not proved to be a more cost-effective spend than rooftop solar; there are really huge economies of scale which generally mean that it makes more sense to have community ownership of one big turbine somewhere.

      • @Pronell
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        31 day ago

        Yeah, I have considered solar. Need to get estimates for that. Ours is an old house, and is ideally angled/situated for the sun rather than the street. The rooftop might be perfect. (Back when this house was built, it was alongside a river that has been redirected. Now the road it’s on it built on that old riverbed.)

        • @[email protected]OP
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          41 day ago

          I’d go into it with a plan for the following:

          • retrofit insulation & windows
          • replace gas heating with a heat pump
          • electrical system upgrades
          • Solar
          • storage battery