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   SlicerDicer (slicerdicer@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 12:11:48 JST SlicerDicer

   • feld
   @feld remember back in 2011 I proved once and for all it was possible to be off grid? Running servers, ac, refrigerators and even wine coolers in a 5000sqft house. Without needing to compromise?
   
   Then in March 2012 I slammed a Tesla on it?
   
   This was Sanyo.
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     SlicerDicer (slicerdicer@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 12:21:46 JST SlicerDicer

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     • vic
     @vic @feld I put in the Watt Sun trackers back then too. They cranked so much power it was nuts I had 3 of them.
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     SlicerDicer (slicerdicer@bikeshed.party)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 12:21:47 JST SlicerDicer

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     @vic @feld $240,000 with a 30% fed and 30% state credit.
     
     Payback was 7 years.
     
     Not to mention a like built system today would cost way less than you think. The panels are about 1/8th the cost, The same batteries are half I had 100kw btw. The inverters are nowhere near 12 grand a pop for 6kw.
     
     The fact is I proved it could be done. It still can be done, and for far cheaper. The payback these days is 5 years without credits.
     
     Keep in mind I put in the premium of premium so the panels were 810 a panel for 74 of them etc.
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     vic (vic@seal.cafe)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 12:21:48 JST vic

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     @SlicerDicer @feld > Running servers, ac, refrigerators and even wine coolers in a 5000sqft house. Without needing to compromise
     
     For the low, low price of...?
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     vic (vic@seal.cafe)'s status on Monday, 29-Jan-2024 12:23:24 JST vic

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     @SlicerDicer @feld Good on you for using your wealth to do something useful. I dream of being able to be self-sufficient on my own land somewhere (it's the new American dream for a lot of people, really)
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