The best thing back then (as a young adult with too much time) was how easy you could hack a lot of the online forums or servers.
searching altavista for phpbb forums using a version vulnerable to a given exploit or using cross site scripting waiting for someone to bite it, and then upload 99 shell everywhere you would gain access.
Most people don't know this truth, in particular here in France where the name Cousteau still holds its aura.
I know because I watched and enjoyed the shows as a kid and most people at the time liked him. The only person I knew back then who didn't like the man was my dad (a sailor).
What I mean is the name is still strong enough to attract some interest.
The idea behind individual solar energy is not consuming it real time but associating it with a storage solution to allow bigger throughput. You're not going to make toasts all day