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Appreciate your work on this issue, Katie Singer.

Thought of you when reading recent articles about solar energy advances out of China.

I do not know what to make of it all, but I do like the idea of staying independent of the power grid using more old-fashioned devices.

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Thanks, Mary Elizabeth, for responding. Alas, there's no such thing as "independent of the power grid." Hardware (i.e. solar panels and batteries) requires manufacturing, which involves international, energy-intensive, extractive, water-intensive, toxic waste-emitting supply chains. 80% of solar panels don't use batteries; so, their users keep connected to the grid. What if we ask how to live within our bioregion's offerings of fuel, food, water and ores? I appreciate your initiating this discussion very much!

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