u/BikemeAway

One of the most paradox of cars defensiveness as a "right" is the true cost of driving (and parking).
Studies suggest that societal costs of driving in the U.S. can be 30–40% higher than the private costs paid by drivers. While car owners pay taxes, these taxes often do not cover the full cost of road infrastructure maintenance, let alone external costs. In EU the percentage is lower but it's not remotely on pair.

Since a car is often (and fairly, given the urban shape/how we live) associated with freedom to drive "because I pay the car and taxes to drive while cyclists don't" and "supply meeting demand" then we would assume we get what we pay for, like a market feeding itself.
But if we consider that when we drive we don't day the full price then someone else has to pay for it and that someone else is the public, so driving it's not true freedom or market in a sense because it's heavily subsided by those who don't drive or drive a little.

Now let's forget the "true freedom" of having other modes of transportation.
If we actually apply the true cost of driving as true freedom and true right to drive don't you think that driving and parking would prohibitively expensive for most people that won't be able to afford it (at all or most importantly like now)? Then the market would really balance itself?
I think this it's one the biggest lies of modern transportation.

We disguised a sort of heavy socialism into a fake market-based world that allows to see investments for a better world (that would actually makes us richer, like investments in transit and active mobility) as unfair socialism. But it's the oppposite.
Car infra investments almost always end up being a net cost we can't maintain, then what the hell are we doing, world?

Obviously things are much more complicated than this. Two things come to mind

1. costs assume a person suffering from a disease and the loss of a loved one has a monetary value, to the state maybe but it has not value to a community or families, it's infinite value no study can estimate
2. while rural settings are much much more subsided than urban dwellers we need to calculate the social cohesion having these tows alive and not dead, how do we measure that I don't know and who gets to decide which value is better or worse?

Errore titolo: 350W non 350kW!

Ciao, in Germania avevo in balcone un piccolo kit con pannelli semi-flessibili da 200W totali che mi facevano 600Wh al giorno d'estate (niente di che ma meglio di niente)
Ora in Italia vorrei reinstallarlo sul balcone visto che ho spazio e so che anche in Italia è possibile. Tuttavia non capisco una cosa, leggendo in giro mi sembra di capire che anche sotto 350W di impianto serva una linea dedicata al contatore con magnetotermico dedicato (quindi non condiviso con altre linee della casa) per essere a norma.
Fare questo anche in una casa moderna (in affitto) comporta varia menate con il proprietario e costi di installazione di oltre €100 che tolgono il mini vantaggio a prodursi energia.

Possibile che serve anche per impianti così piccoli? In Germania fino a 800W non serviva niente (e li ci vanno pesanti con burocrazia e regole) e non è che la fisica e la sicurezza elettrica cambia con la latitudine :)

Hello

I live in Europe, I'm renting an apartment that has a moderate clear view facing south with a 90x90x balcony space, the bigger west facing part has a big tree that makes a lot of shade so it'll be a waste I think.
I would like to add a solar panel as a plug and play solution to use directly (I work from home) and mainly as a learning curve. I'm interested in understanding how much this will cost me.

My requirements I think I'd need are
- flexible solar panel I can simply zip tie and remove in minutes if needed. I'm worried to damage the balcony with a rigid heavy panel and I want to be as "transparent" as possible to other apartments
- solar inverter to connect it to the schuko plug in the balcony, I would love to have wifi remote monitor of the solar energy

Can I realistically do it and how much can I expect to spend, even with a used setup?

You can find the detailed news online, I'd like to report one quote:

“The fact that a political state of emergency is declared and intervention is made at the highest political level precisely during a temporary demonstration, while the permanent burden on the neighboring communities has been accepted for decades, reveals a worrying imbalance,” writes Chairwoman Claudia Plaikner.

Also the state road will be closed to traffic to avoid to use it as a bypass. I think this never happened before?
BTW residents will be still be allowed to get to their homes and the railway is open (30 min frequency trains, along with international trains from OEBB).
I'm curious if one could use a bicycle along the motorway, would be funny to see 😄