Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)Mar 19
Community-owned solar and wind projects might be the most promising way to switch to renewables, cut electricity emissions, and build energy resilience at scale. We don’t have to wait for energy corporations or governments to make the switch for us. We can do it ourselves
Show threadBashStKidMar 20
@benlockwood We can, indeed. Almost everywhere you go, the major block is it not being legal to use your local electricity infrastructure.
Sure, you can sell your power to the state monopoly for a poor price, but you can’t trade with the town next door or the city a bit further away.
Solve that problem (obviously efficiently and safely) and a lot of artificial bottlenecks would go away.
Show threadDarren
@BashStKid @benlockwood I think the most ironic thing about America being the "home of the free" is that we have so many laws that restrict competition and tell you what you can't do. I am still trying to wrap my head around the fact that you can own a house, but it is illegal to sell services out of your own property. Do you even own it if you can't use it how you want to use it?
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