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Solar panel advances will see millions abandon electrical grid, scientists predict (www.independent.co.uk)
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Solar panel advances will see millions abandon electrical grid, scientists predict::Solar energy costs have fallen 90 per cent over the last decade, while new discoveries have seen efficiency rates rise

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[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Solar panel advances will see millions go off grid, scientists predict

From a definite will.

More than 30 million homes in Europe could meet all their energy needs using rooftop solar panels alone, according to a new study.

To a well, they could.

Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany found that more than 50 per cent of Europe’s 41 million freestanding homes could have been self-sufficient in 2020 using just solar and batteries, with this figure expected to rise to 75 per cent by 2050.

To a we could have already.

“Our results show that even in 2050 going off-grid won’t be the most economic choice, but it could make sense to invest in these kinds of self-sufficient buildings if you are willing to pay more for self-sufficiency,” said lead researcher Max Kleinebrahm, an energy economics researcher at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

To a, well, they will likely, and probably should, remain connected anyway.

Fuck these people in charge of article headlines twisting what researchers are actually saying into some clickbait title that does not say what the researches said at all.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

clickbait title that does not say what the researches said at all.

This one is particularly bad, since it says the exact opposite. This article should be downvoted to oblivion.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have solar panels, and it was great in the summer, not so much now that we're in November.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah you must be a northern hemispherer

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Guilty!