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$0 power bills from the heart of NYC.

Joshua Spodek writing for Ars about going off-grid in Manhattan:

I allowed myself one cheat: I could plug in my laptop and phone when working at New York University. Otherwise, my only electric power came from the [200W] solar panel and [576Wh] battery. I still used my building’s hot water but not my gas stove.

Context: the average US home consumes 886,000Wh per month.

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