A PhD candidate at the University of South Australia has found domestic solar batteries can pay for themselves within the warranty period for some South Australians.
Batteries are not easy to sell to homeowners but the various incentives offered around Australia are easing the deal and sales are riding upwards – although suppliers seldom share data.
Despite the start-stall-stop-start-again nature of energy policy settings the renewables industry is ripping ahead. There are more accredited installers and system designers than ever before, on Clean Energy Council numbers, and 2018 was a record year for installed capacity: 1.55GW spread over 218,000 sites.
Capitalism has often been identified as the underlying cause of the climate crisis. A leading voice on the subject is Naomi Klein, one of the climate movements most influential thinkers, whose seminal book on climate change was subtitled Capitalism vs. the Climate. She is one of many voices identifying capitalism as the cause of climate change.