Installing solar panels on your home or business is common in many European countries. But they really come into their own during energy crises.
“If you’ve got a solar roof on your home and you’ve got a battery then, depending on how much energy you can generate, you are substantially insulated from importing electricity,” explains Matthew Clayton, CEO of UK-based Thrive Renewables.
Dynamic tariffs are becoming more common in Europe. This is where the price of electricity varies throughout the day and night, with costs going up during peak periods, like dinner time, when households are using more.
This means that if you store up solar power during daylight hours, when the sun is at its strongest, then you can use that energy, rather than drawing it from the electricity grid, during the most expensive periods. “Your relationship with the grid is totally changed,” says Clayton.
Texas should have spent money on it's grid for sure. Maybe farmers shoukd do for wood.
But spending crap loss of money to create someone that might come in handy once in 10 years is a huge waste of money.
Just buy a battery if you really that concerned.
Not being at risk of death once every 10 years seems to be a great deal to me ngl.
Do you drive or ever let anyone else drive you?
So because we can die in an accident we shouldn't have measures in place to prevent injury or death in other situations? What kind of argument is that? Also, guess why we have many security measures in a car, like seat belts, ABS, etc. You're right - it's to MINIMIZE the risk of injury or death. We know that it's dangerous and do our best to minimize it.
Look, if you don't want to prepare for the worst, it's fine, nobody forces you to. In an emergency, you might be able to look for a person that did prepare and might save your ass. And after that event, maybe you will prepare some necessities yourself.