I was surprised to learn that Austin has such a system. Austin Energy is a rarity in the US: it’s city-owned. Texas is more a land of contrasts than its reputation portrays.
Texas is the last place I’d expect to see that, especially city-owned.
it feels so bad knowing they have all this shit while most of other countries are living like beggars.
or why establishing the dictatorship of the proletariat is a necessity
yeh, it just sucks while we wait is all i mean
indeed
I commented elsewhere, but the tech isn’t new. Not that it isn’t super cool and I didn’t really get a sense if the scale is just outrageously larger than other installs. Anyways, more here : https://crazypeople.online/comment/11072332
It feels good knowing that this is possible.
It will also be useful to be able to point at China as an example of good things actually being possible.
My apt building in the US has this. It’s exciting to see it applied at the whole city level.







