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Perascamin posted...

There is a very small minority of homes that couldn't run everything off solar. Factories need to find a good alternative

And then they'll to install an expensive energy storage system (both to buy and also maintain) to be able to continue using electricity when there is little or no solar energy production (might as well go 100% off grid in that case), or else stay on the utility grid for such periods of little or no output in which case if the grid ever loses power, the solar array must be completely isolated from the home's electrical system as it poses a safety hazard to utility crews who expect a completely de-energized grid while repairing it.

In other words, unless the home is completely off-grid, a power outage means that the homeowner is not allowed to benefit from solar energy if electricity from the grid ever goes out, even if there is enough solar energy to power the some or all of the home during the duration of the outage, and therefore we're back to the original issue of homes losing power because the grid is not reliable.

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Hmm...