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‘If 1.5m Germans have them there must be something in it’: how balcony solar is taking off (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This certainly isn't a solution, but can probably improve the lives of invidual households, and still means that a little less electricity comes from fossil fuels.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 1 points 3 hours ago

I didn't say anything about the former while the latter is uncertain as Germany already has a shit-ton of solar and other renewables power installed. The true benefit would be to store the energy for use when there is no sun - that would more likely reduce burning of the fossil fuel.