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Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

When everyone has a smart meter and the only plans available are VPP ones

Who says there will be only VPP ones? And you’re saying all 10 million households will have a home battery?

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FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
AEMO and the power companies will make sure of it. People without batteries will pay absurd amounts for power, and those with batteries will pay slightly less than absurd prices.

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- Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  why would people with solar and battery pay absurd prices instead of just disconnecting from the grid?
  
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  - FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Because disconnecting from the grid won’t be an option.
    
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    Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    
    having enough solar and batteries to go completely off grid would require most households to take out a second mortgage to pay for it.
    
    there are loads of people living off grid up in tara
    
    i have a 6.6kw solar system and 10kw battery (and a smart meter 😧!) and im already 90% off the grid, in 20 years time we may have 40kw solar panels for the same cost as 6.6kw today and 100kw batteries
    
    Because disconnecting from the grid won’t be an option, legally.
    
    sorry are you talking about reality or is this an elaborate blade runner style dystopian fantasy novel you’re writing?
    
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