Yes, and q-tips aren’t for cleaning your ears.

just because of a position they took on the issue nearly 10 years ago.

I laughed because I also frequently make the mistake of calling the mid 00’s “ten years ago”.

I live in AK and know a few people with solar setups, it depends a lot on how much south facing exposure you have, etc. There are seismic stations and stuff here that keep near 100% annual uptime here on purely solar, so it’s totally doable, but can be tough.