https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-is-turning-kauai-into-a-renewable-energy-paradise/
"The economies of scale are such that Kauai's utility cooperative can install a solar-and-storage unit for about half what it would cost a family to install the same amount on a house. Even when it comes to the island's fossil fuel–generated power, the utility can produce more from a gallon of gasoline than someone with a $100 generator in their basement.
"The economies of scale are such that Kauai's utility cooperative can install a solar-and-storage unit for about half what it would cost a family to install the same amount on a house. Even when it comes to the island's fossil fuel–generated power, the utility can produce more from a gallon of gasoline than someone with a $100 generator in their basement.
Relying on personal power, Rockwell says, is no way to power a community, let alone an island.
This became obvious to Evslin midway through his yurt experiment: Inefficiency is the ultimate downfall of any individual effort to address climate change."
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