Why does it seem like so many solarpunk forums and posts focus on hypotheticals, what governments and politicians should do, and wishing for big things, but dont include real world, small scale personal experiments?
There seems to be a huge opportunity for hacker like, actual DIY punkrock communities, but i dont see many.
why? is alot of this a LARP? where are the people taking action? sincere question…
where i live, that's currently the domain of registered electricians. plug-in solar etc is apparently going to be legislated for soon, but in the meantime, there's quite a steep monetary barrier & people living in apartments without access to a roof are out of luck.
there's more to solarpunk than literally just solar power, though. setting up a tool library with your neighbours is solarpunk; running a book swap or clothes swap or mask bloc is solarpunk; repairing and DIYing items & teaching others how to do the same is solarpunk.
being individualist & isolated in an off-grid cabin isn't solarpunk, even if that cabin uses renewable energy sources. solarpunk is about divesting from all oppressive systems & building better ways of doing things, in your community.