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How this remote Indigenous community has reduced every resident's power bill by 70 per cent (www.abc.net.au)

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[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If they got the money for it some good soil could be set out under the panels to cut food costs down as well, apparently there is a good variety of crops that perform well when given partial shading under panels.

[–] kittykittycatboys@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago

central Australia is not known for it's arable land meowz, and they probably don't have an industrial grade water supply that could sustain it