• computerscientistI
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    1 year ago

    Nope. I pay a bit extra for electricity from renewables. You could argue that the stuff that comes out of the socket still is the energy-mix that is produced at the time, but my invoice says something along the lines of “x kWh of electricity generated from renewable sources” and x kWh of electricity from renewable sources will have been fed into the grid over the time frame covered by my invoice. Good enough for me.

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      1 year ago

      I could argue which energy source has been used to produce those panels and the battery, extract the materials, etc.

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        1 year ago

        Not really. Do you need energy to produce those things? Yes. But how much dino-energy can be saved during the livetime of those products? Way more!

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          1 year ago

          Batteries that need to be disposed of and replaced…this is not a solution.