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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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    FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Cool, so you’re not off grid. That last 10% is the hardest part, the most expensive part. The part that stops people from ever being able to be off grid.
    
    The price of solar panels and batteries will only go up as we stupidly base our entire grid, life, and economy around them, especially since we aren’t manufacturing them here.
    
    The government will absolutely make it mandatory to be connected to the grid because that’s the only way their desired grid will function.
    
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