silence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoGermans Combat Climate Change From Their Balconies: Plug-and-play solar panels are popping up in yards and on balcony railings across Germany, driven by bargain prices and looser regulations.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1247arrow-down13
arrow-up1244arrow-down1external-linkGermans Combat Climate Change From Their Balconies: Plug-and-play solar panels are popping up in yards and on balcony railings across Germany, driven by bargain prices and looser regulations.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareZahille7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·2 months agoI really feel like one of these store-bought solar panels wouldn’t put out enough electricity to kill someone
minus-square31ank@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-22 months agoThey have enough energy, but they automatically turn off once the grid goes down because they need the grid to synchronize. Balcony solar panels are not able to work in “island mode”, so no lineman is at risk.
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYou really don’t need a lot of power to kill someone, especially with AC you really don’t need much to induce ventricular fibrillation.
I really feel like one of these store-bought solar panels wouldn’t put out enough electricity to kill someone
They have enough energy, but they automatically turn off once the grid goes down because they need the grid to synchronize. Balcony solar panels are not able to work in “island mode”, so no lineman is at risk.
You really don’t need a lot of power to kill someone, especially with AC you really don’t need much to induce ventricular fibrillation.