Not true, a wind turbine is dirt cheap for the power it can generate compared to solar panels.
Here the problem is regulation that makes it impossible if you have neighbors within 500 m.
If it wasn’t for regulation a wind turbine would be a clearly better investment than solar panels.
A huge advantage with turbines is also that it tend to generate power when you need it the most for heating your house.
Small wind turbines are really, really poor. You need to go high to access the good air-streams and wide to get useful efficiency out of the turbine. Any wind turbine you put on your roof will vastly under-perform for the cost spent on it.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
freebee@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
That’s because they are big mechanical whirring machines. Solar panels are dead quiet and don’t throw intermittent shade and have a very low risk of causing damage in the surrounding. There’s good reasons they are forbidden for the average household to put on top of the chimney…
tal@olio.cafe 12 hours ago
I'd be pretty comfortable saying that buying enough battery storage to power-shift a year of power is more expensive.
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
O, absolutely. The reality is the most economic way to do off-grid is with solar, battery, and a diesel or propane generator for the times the solar isn’t cutting it.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 10 hours ago
There is another option. Reduce your energy usage so much that you barely need anything. Cabin in the woods with wifi?
Buffalox@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
That’s not really a viable option, you need to be able to wash your clothes, and make your dinner, and cool your food, and have light to see.
Sure it’s possible to reduce it, but there is a limit where it becomes extremely inconvenient.
snoons@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
Bio-chemical reactor toilet?