In Lebanon, solar power is booming
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In Lebanon, solar power is booming
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Re: In Lebanon, solar power is booming
#2A summary:
* due to political instability and mismanagement the economy is unstable and unable to support fuel imports for the grid
* the same economic instability makes it hard for private actors to import fuel for generators as well
* Solar doesn’t require ongoing imports of fuel priced in foreign currency
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#3A summary: * due to political instability and mismanagement the economy is unstable and unable to support fuel imports for the grid * the same economic instability makes it hard for private actors to import fuel for generators as well * Solar doesn’t require ongoing imports of fuel priced in foreign currency
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#4I’ve heard a few stories of panels not being installed properly and flying off roofs and hitting cars below.
Unfortunately most lebanese live in apartments, and if a resident or two already called dibs on the roof, you’re out of luck.
Tangent, price of fuel/diesel used to be fixed by gov subsidies. Most of our (very tiny) amount of money left has been smuggled across the border to Syria. Same applies to bread, flour etc..
Is there a precedent for this happening in the US, i think insulin is way cheaper in mexico but I dont hear stories about it being smuggled to the states
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#5Same for South Africa. Thanks to the grid being severely mismanaged upper middle class and beyond are installing home solar where possible to maintain some semblance of normalcy
Re: In Lebanon, solar power is booming
#6I’ve heard a few stories of panels not being installed properly and flying off roofs and hitting cars below. Unfortunately most lebanese live in apartments, and if a resident or two already called dibs on the roof, you’re out of luck. Tangent, price of fuel/diesel used to be fixed by gov subsidies. Most of our (very tiny) amount of money left has been smuggled across the border to Syria. Same applies to bread, flour…
> i think insulin is way cheaper in mexico but I dont hear stories about it being smuggled to the states
Plenty of cases like this:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/03/06/this-cou...
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#7Same for South Africa. Thanks to the grid being severely mismanaged upper middle class and beyond are installing home solar where possible to maintain some semblance of normalcy
Seems somewhat similar to the situation where cellphones/handiphones took off in infrastructure poor regions quicker than in many advanced economies?
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#8Same for South Africa. Thanks to the grid being severely mismanaged upper middle class and beyond are installing home solar where possible to maintain some semblance of normalcy
Seems somewhat similar to the situation where cellphones/handiphones took off in infrastructure poor regions quicker than in many advanced economies?
That a pretty common thing, the last to modernize have more modern tech. Kind of like skipping levels in CIV. Interesting to think that the USA is bring back and build out nanoscale chip fabs, speculation is that we will be at this nanoscale for a long time.
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#9Even when there is limited space, people find a way:
https://www.reddit.com/r/lebanon/comments/vyulqc/top_notch_l...
Re: In Lebanon, solar power is booming
#10This article kind of has the: “Obesity rates are plummeting as cancer rates increase” feel to it.
Basically, a really shitty situation is driving something that you are seeing as good. Lebanon at this point is pretty close to a failed state. The solar power boom is basically the populace losing faith in the government to provide basic infrastructure.