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Drive through Yackandandah on a clear day, and you'll notice the rooftops before anything else. House after house topped with solar panels.

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[–] nevyn@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well done them, pity sbs decided to mention nazi cars right near the start of the article.

[–] notgold@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nissan aren't really Nazi's but the head was charged with war crimes after WW2 wasn't he? They had a factory using forced labour in China or Japan. Either way fucked up

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What was the other car brand and what did the man most famously associated with it do at an inauguration rally

[–] notgold@aussie.zone 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I hear you but wanted to make a point that the other brand (and most old brands) have done some pretty shameful shit. Musk is of questionable character and supports people that aren't great for the common man but his company isn't building tanks to kill Chinese civilians or trucks to transport Jews to concentration camps. His car is currently just a car, I wouldn't buy it but it's just a car.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 5 hours ago

well that's the thing, isn't it? have done. Musk is still actively doing it.

[–] itrealgood@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

So it's collaboration, coordination and distribution

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 2 points 1 day ago

Secret sauce is sun sauce.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

No mention of how they get their power at night or when the sun isn’t shining during the day?

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago

They probably assume most readers are familiar with batteries.

[–] observes_depths@aussie.zone 0 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Not really sure what point you're trying to make. Care to explain?

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 points 21 hours ago

They’ve supposedly “cracked Australia’s energy problem”, which is where we get our power from when “renewables” don’t work.

How did they solve it? They don’t say anything about solving that problem. We already know that solar gives people power during the day. Night time has always been the roadblock.

[–] newton@feddit.online 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For households in Yack making the switch today, a combined solar and battery system costs around $15,000 after the federal government's battery rebate, Charles-Jones says.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 points 1 day ago

Cool, same as everywhere else in Australia. How many of them actually have batteries? Doesn’t say, so we can only assume it’s an extremely low percentage since they specifically mention the exact percentage that have solar.