cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/60977657

“People who could afford to do it at that time realised that it was much cheaper and cost-effective and better for them in the long run to do a one-time investment in rooftop solar as opposed to keep paying high electricity bills from a grid that is also unreliable,” said Nabiya Imran, an associate at Renewables First, a Pakistani thinktank