What's the real story with Australian rooftop solar?
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Saul Griffith joins me to debunk the myths surrounding Australia's massive influx of solar energy.

Australia has high rates of adoption for rooftop solar. The interconnection is easy and permitting happens over night. And best of all, none of the fears associated with wide spread solar have materialized into real world problems.

  • lumpenproletariat@quokk.auEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I guess a big difference is in Australia we have a lot of land and a lot of sun. That money could be used to fund public solar farms and providing electricity for all, yet it and so many other social benefits go directly to the house owners.

    • redditmademedoit@piefed.zipEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I don’t know how it works in Australia, but a plus to subsidizing solar installation on roofs is that the home owner still has to co-invest for a considerable part, so you kinda get a leveraged build out, as opposed to the government directly building installations. But the balance between private and public good should be weighed carefully all the same.