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I see this in so many sunny countries, which is such a shame. So what prevents you from just installing panels on your roof?

tonyedgecombe 1mo ago
GDP per capita in Greece is €29,696, in Germany it is €65,303. Rich countries can afford to decarbonise more quickly.
- toasty228 1mo ago
  Solar panels are basically free at that point, they're pay themselves in <2 years in Greece. We're not talking about a 20k euros investment, even 1k would go a long way
  - Hendrikto 1mo ago
    Even way less than that. 1000W solar panels + 800W micro inverter can be bought for roughly 250€ right now.
    - andruby 1mo ago
      Has it become that cheap? Do you have a link?
      - Hendrikto 1mo ago
        Yeah, it is incredible: https://www.netto-online.de/balkonkraftwerk-1000w-800w-solaranlage-steckerfertig-wifi-komplettset-photovoltaik-anlage-800w-kabellaenge-5m/p-2865810000 https://www.netto-online.de/balkonkraftwerk-1000w-800w-solar... For those not speaking German: Base price (incl. tax) for the bundle is 210€, plus 60€ shipping, minus 30€ sale, so 240€ for a complete set, including tax and delivery.
- abdullahkhalids 1mo ago
  Both Germany and Pakistan installed roughly 17 GW of new solar in 2025 [1,2]. Pakistan's GDP per capita is about €1500. [1] https://janrosenow.substack.com/p/pakistan-the-solar-revolution-nobody https://janrosenow.substack.com/p/pakistan-the-solar-revolut... [2] https://eu.globalsolar.store/news/78/germany-installs-175-gw-of-new-solar-capacity-in-2025 https://eu.globalsolar.store/news/78/germany-installs-175-gw...
pyvpx 1mo ago
Athens can’t build flat, stable, standardised side walks. The Italians own and operate their trains and when 50 students died in a very preventable head on collision no one has been held accountable in any real fashion. Solar panels? They gotta fix the brain drain first. Anyone with the capability to bounce understandably does. The only people with money are Israeli and Qatari real estate investors.

tonyedgecombe 1mo ago

GDP per capita in Greece is €29,696, in Germany it is €65,303. Rich countries can afford to decarbonise more quickly.

toasty228 1mo ago
Solar panels are basically free at that point, they're pay themselves in <2 years in Greece. We're not talking about a 20k euros investment, even 1k would go a long way
- Hendrikto 1mo ago
  Even way less than that. 1000W solar panels + 800W micro inverter can be bought for roughly 250€ right now.
  - andruby 1mo ago
    Has it become that cheap? Do you have a link?
    - Hendrikto 1mo ago
      Yeah, it is incredible: https://www.netto-online.de/balkonkraftwerk-1000w-800w-solaranlage-steckerfertig-wifi-komplettset-photovoltaik-anlage-800w-kabellaenge-5m/p-2865810000 https://www.netto-online.de/balkonkraftwerk-1000w-800w-solar... For those not speaking German: Base price (incl. tax) for the bundle is 210€, plus 60€ shipping, minus 30€ sale, so 240€ for a complete set, including tax and delivery.
abdullahkhalids 1mo ago
Both Germany and Pakistan installed roughly 17 GW of new solar in 2025 [1,2]. Pakistan's GDP per capita is about €1500. [1] https://janrosenow.substack.com/p/pakistan-the-solar-revolution-nobody https://janrosenow.substack.com/p/pakistan-the-solar-revolut... [2] https://eu.globalsolar.store/news/78/germany-installs-175-gw-of-new-solar-capacity-in-2025 https://eu.globalsolar.store/news/78/germany-installs-175-gw...

pyvpx 1mo ago

Athens can’t build flat, stable, standardised side walks. The Italians own and operate their trains and when 50 students died in a very preventable head on collision no one has been held accountable in any real fashion. Solar panels? They gotta fix the brain drain first. Anyone with the capability to bounce understandably does. The only people with money are Israeli and Qatari real estate investors.