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An unusually wide adoption of rooftop solar in Aleppo, Syria. (slrpnk.net)
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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/36435067

An usually wide adoption of rooftop solar in Aleppo, Syria.

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[โ€“] 67 points 7 months ago (18 children)

Does no one remember this place being decimated by the US and Russia?? It's not unusual, its because there is probably a lack of reliable electricity infrastructure

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  • [โ€“] 24 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    I live there. I can confirm, I believe right now it's because our gov cannot pay for it. The price of power has increased by 800% since Jan 2026. Much more than the avg citizen can afford

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    So these are systems that work when the main power is down? Do people have battery packs too?

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  • [โ€“] 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    The US is normally the country that bombs the middle east but in Aleppo it was almost exclusively Russia and the Assad regime that did the bombings. Saudi Arabia (and to a lesser extent Turkey) were the ones who sponsored ISIS. The US for once actually sponsored the relatively good guys in the conflict by backing the AANES ("Rojava").

    This is not to say that the US had any moral reasons to choose the AANES. It was strictly geopolitics but even a broken clock is right twice a day.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

    Why not because of that and because it's a great thing to have?

    Why does almost everything here seem to have a need to be absolute?

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Same. Nothing in the original post hints that op was unaware of the war.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 7 months ago

    After I read your comment and the title I might see an angle:

    Unusual adoption

    It's a stretch to interprete that considering the war and the need for electricity resulting in the easiest way to get access to independant electricity is solar (because water can't do it and neither can wind).
    But depending on the cultural lense it's
    A: Duh. Obviously we need solar because the US bombed our grid to dust
    or
    B: Huh. That sure is a high number of solar panels. My city doesnt have that many panels.

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