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night time use, off grid living, umm because batteries are cool, they even make pretty colored smoke if done "correctly"Comment
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The word is "required". The majority of all solar is batteryless, why would you expect there would be any requirement for batteries with the solar roof?OutBack FP1 w/ CS6P-250P http://bit.ly/1Sg5VNHComment
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Because it is a Tesla product? Heck, even if it were not Tesla, any business that sells a solar solution and deep cycle batteries would try to find a way to make both required to function correctly.Comment
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I prefer solar/EV/battery being subsidized by the government over petroleum. Even if it is to a company that has trouble turning a profit. Google government subsidies petroleum.Comment
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Seems better to me if the government got out of the subsidy business all together, but that's my libertarian streak showing...................... Yup - all of'm.Comment
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Subsidies in solar has not returned any money to the public. All of it is lost and no tax collected. Geez people are so ignorant and brain washed.
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Wow. The amount (and degree) of Elon Musk / Tesla hate on this board is astounding. If this board was called "coalproducertalk.com" or "petroleumforever.com" - it would make sense.
Take another look at solar tiles:
...and please explain why they aren't a beautiful alternative to traditional solar modules, and why people won't want them on their roof. It took a lot of effort to overcome wife acceptance factor in order to green light my solar project. These tiles would have made it a slam dunk - and would have enhanced (not detracted from) the curb appeal of our house.
Perhaps it's human nature's fear of change that opposes innovative ideas and products that threaten established norms. I expected more from a board devoted to solar, and solar energy.oilerlord's 9.23kW PlantComment
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Wow. The amount (and degree) of Elon Musk / Tesla hate on this board is astounding. If this board was called "coalproducertalk.com" or "petroleumforever.com" - it would make sense.
Take another look at solar tiles:
...and please explain why they aren't a beautiful alternative to traditional solar modules, and why people won't want them on their roof. It took a lot of effort to overcome wife acceptance factor in order to green light my solar project. These tiles would have made it a slam dunk - and would have enhanced (not detracted from) the curb appeal of our house.
Perhaps it's human nature's fear of change that opposes innovative ideas and products that threaten established norms. I expected more from a board devoted to solar, and solar energy.
I am telling you that solar shingle have been tried and failed. The reason was due to heat failure of the solar cells because they could not get cooled enough like a typical solar pv panel on a roof.
Tesla is trying something different and may find a working product using tiles instead of a flat shingle.
What I have a major question is will they be able to do is make a viable working product that has a long life span, converts solar energy to electricity, keeps a home water tight and cost less then a typical solar pv system installed on a standard shingle roof?Comment
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Net Metering has been off kilter from day one. It should have been based on what it truly costs to generate each kWh plus maybe a little more. The $/kWh that the POCO's charge their customers includes other fees including what is needed to maintain the grid. Which is IMO more then what a home solar generator should be paid for each kWh they generate. There needs to be some middle ground that pays the customer a reasonable amount for the kWh they generate without being greedy and the POCO needs to be more understanding about sharing the responsibilities and cost of co-generation.
Batteries are a different subject. Until someone can bring down the price so that energy storage can generate a kWh for around what you can purchase it from the POCO, then IMO installing them is not a smart financial action to take. For customers where the cost per kWh is high batteries make more sense but for most of the US it is a negative cash flow.Comment
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Subsidies in solar has not returned any money to the public. All of it is lost and no tax collected.
Some people are definitely brainwashed by the right wing media.
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I'll give them a decade or so and see if they have the same track record as traditional PV.Comment
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The way I see it, in this headlong rush into national and perhaps international imbecility, most everyone is getting brainwashed by all the media, left, right and center, with the collective mental sloth only making manipulation easier. No one has a lock on the truth, whatever that may be, but the morons of all ilks think their side has a lock on it.
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