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Tesla's Highly-Anticipated Solar Roofs Go Up For Pre-Order Today (inhabitat.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the ready-when-you-are dept.

Kristine Lofgren writes: Get ready: Tesla's ground-breaking Solar Roof tiles are available for order in the U.S. starting today. In typical fashion, CEO Elon Musk announced via Twitter that the anticipated tech would be available to order this afternoon with installation happening later this year. Tesla's tiles look like traditional roof tiles but they soak up all that delicious sunlight in order to power your home. According to the company, the tiles will be more affordable than typical roofing and can be paired with their Powerwall battery to power a home completely using solar energy.

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  1. Limits on power generation by Vorendell · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In Colorado at least, there is a limit to the amount of solar energy you can produce. We discovered this when we put our panels up. It's something like 2xdaily maximum of use based on a couple of years of power bills. So you might not be able to do your whole roof in these things anyway. I like the idea, but some of the municipal restrictions get in the way.

  2. They need to work on the calculator by lessthan · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The calculator just told me that I'll see a savings of $100 over 30 years. I think I'm going to wait for fusion to become a thing.

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    Space Shuttle was a program that strapped humans to an explosion and tried to stab through the sky with fire and math
  3. That roof is worth more than the entire house by guruevi · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Even without ANY solar panels, they're roughly costing 4x the price of a 'regular' roof, once you select 70% solar, you're looking at 10x the price of a 'regular' roof.

    And for that I save about $1k/year, it's a very poor investment. Get a metal roof and 'regular' solar panels, the same amount of energy for less than a quarter of the cost and the same 30-100y lifespan.

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  4. Re: Who the hell... by Insanity+Defense · · Score: 3, Interesting

    People still die in the ER waiting room in Canada. Hospital are knowingly overcrowded and underfunded, but sure, let's perpetuate the myth...

    Yet the Canadian life span is longer, Lower infant mortality. No medical bankruptcies. Average health costs/year are about 60% U.S. average.

    With the lower infant mortality why don't we hear THINK OF THE CHILDREN when public healthcare comes up?