• Agent641
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      6 days ago

      Yep exactly. Solar and batteries reduce power bills, but landlords have no incentive to do that, because tenants pay their own power bills. But tenants can’t install solar batteries in their rentals. Just another way landlords are a toxic parasite in society.

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    6 days ago

    I’ve been wanting household batteries just to act as a “whole-house UPS,” let alone to complement solar panels or help balance the grid.

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    6 days ago

    Australia, acting against their own interests for the longest time… seems to be finally (as in, in the last few years) showing to see the light.