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"Mom, we can just go back to burning wood" (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

If this is seroiously your current situation, the "cant afford solar" part does not make sense. If you pay 1100$ a month for electricity, buying a solar panel for roughly 100$ should be easy. It will probably pay for itself after a month or two

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    If his winter heating need is that large he may live in an area where solar does not produce that much electricity during winter. I myself live in an area that has 0 (yes zero) sunlight for one winter month because of the polar night and just 1-4 hours of very low intensity sunlight for the rest of the 5 month long winter. In summer when we have midnight sun, literally 24 hour sunlight, the electricity is almost free so whatever the solar panel produces then is near useless. Also you simply don't use that much in that season. For me at least it's not really a worthwhile investment.

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