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Ben Lockwood (broadly defined)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
Charlie Hazzard@benlockwood I agree and I think we could use that as a model to replace not just corporate power systems, but also food, financial, and other systems as well.
Justin Crozer@benlockwood imagine if we could have a power grid built like the fediverse of sustainable and renewable energy.
Just BobHell ya. Just try to not get on no one's bad side though.
True independace is even better.
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Cedar Fen FarmI thinl we can have both.
BashStKid@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.
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.
Darren@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?
@benlockwood It is illegal to work together. That would make the corporate monopolies unhappy. Seriously, if you want to provide a service to your local community you can't, because of zoning and other restrictions.
nabeards@benlockwood is there an established process manual on how to build this out?
ArapallaThe biggest impediment to renewables in australia is NIMBYs.
Everyone else is waiting for it to happen.