They'd also be unhappy with a solar panel that only generated power when a car was plugged in. Fortunately it would still be connected to the grid, resolving both concerns.
Even better if we could somehow trunk my space’s 3500W of panels with the ones covering the combustion-driven car next to me. And the empty space to my other side…
Your car already has the battery built right into it, so a trickle charge for eight hours while you're busy at work might be enough to cover your commute.
2 kW over 8 hours would be enough for 100 km per day.
"Things happen" is a interesting way to say "houses burn down and kill everyone inside". And I don't believe that electrical standards were developed with the idea that houses could both consume and generate electricity.
Not to mention that most houses aren't up to current electrical standards, much less fire codes.
But don't think people who can afford the more expensive TV are also more tech-savvy. Some just want a nicer TV. Also, they are a much more lucrative target market than people who cannot afford the nicer TV.
It had a noticable array of sensors and (I think?) microphones along with a camera smack dab in the middle. Above that was its permanent ad display. The TV also has access to its own portal, which was what was on when I saw it. An AI-generated reporter was talking about entertainment news.
Not even Orwell could've imagined a better telescreen than this. You know it's chock full of anti-defeat protections to prevent curious minds from scoring a free TV.
In addition to being suppressed, the protestors are also seeing that their efforts have not changed anything in the past year. In fact, the opposite has occurred, the behavior being protested has continued and grown in scope.
That's a lot of it. I helped facilitate protests during Iraq2, and it feels like it did very little compared to efforts, I dunno, volunteering at the local homeless shelter?
I do a bit of activist work still, and help with protests from time to time. This year I joined up with some folks and we have a street medic group that has been supporting some local protest efforts, fortunately it's really only been needed once this year, when some folks got pepper sprayed and needed to decontaminate.
However, even when protests might be effective, there are a couple of other relevent things:
there has been very little time to react to anything because this admin just kind of seems to operate under some chaotic principle of YOLO, so you can't plan protest a month out for an event that is planned for two months. I don't think even the admin is thinking that far ahead,
there are about 4 other things that folks have been working on, even if we don't add in the 5 other things that dropped in the last month that are worth attention. The zone is flooded as they say...
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