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points by Evidlo 3 days ago | 0 comments

Is there any practical way for US individuals to invest in solar? With the anti-solar attitude from the government, is now a good time given that's where the world is obviously headed?

[–] flexagoon 2 days ago

If you're talking about investment in the usual sense, can't you just buy stocks of solar/clean energy companies?

Otherwise, if you just mean financially supporting solar technology, one good way is donating to political action/lobbying groups like Greenlight America or CATF (though that supports clean energy as a whole, not just solar)

[–] JuniperMesos 3 days ago

Buy some solar panels yourself and use them to generate electricity in your own home? Write to your local legislators expressing support for utility scale solar panel arrays?

[–] adrianN 3 days ago

I'm sure there are lots of ways. For example you could give people money to buy panels via https://ecoligo.com or similar services.

[–] CivBase 3 days ago

I understand the sentiment but I also think the modern electrical grid is one of the most impressive and valuable things man has created and I'd hate to see us give up on it.

Surely economic forces will overcome political ones eventually, right?