This is pretty cool. They didn't adopt solar to this extent under good circumstances - the background is that years of warfare degraded their power grid to the point where anything but extremely local generation is hopelessly unreliable. Well, there's nothing more local than a solar panel and the external input required for it to run (sunlight) can't be blocked.
the external input required for it to run (sunlight) can't be blocked.
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It's beautiful
@Viking_Hippie do you know where this image comes from? I can’t see a neighbourhood like this on Google maps..
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this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2026
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