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Tesla Will Sell Solar Panels, Powerwalls At Home Depot (bloomberg.com)
Tesla is bringing photovaltaic panels and Powerwall batteries to U.S. retail giant Home Depot. According to Bloomberg, "The tech pioneer is beginning to roll out Tesla-branded selling spaces at 800 of the retailer's locations. The areas, which will be outfitted during the first half of this year, are staffed by Tesla employees and can demonstrate its solar panels and Powerwall battery." From the report: Lowe's -- the second-largest U.S. home-improvement chain, after Home Depot -- has also been in discussions with Tesla about selling its solar products, said people familiar with the situation. At some point, Home Depot may also offer Tesla's much-anticipated solar roof, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are private. [The products] will be highlighted in high-profile displays, which are 12 feet tall and 7 feet wide. Some locations will be fitted with visual demonstrations that show how the products work.
Lowe's -- the second-largest U.S. home-improvement chain, after Home Depot -- has also been in discussions with Tesla about selling its solar products, said people familiar with the situation. At some point, Home Depot may also offer Tesla's much-anticipated solar roof, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are private. [The products] will be highlighted in high-profile displays, which are 12 feet tall and 7 feet wide. Some locations will be fitted with visual demonstrations that show how the products work.
Totally not a press release. The marketing department at Tesla is truly top-tier.
Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
You're missing out on the drunk shoppers, Elon. Tsk tsk...
The loop. This is the answer to no carbon emissions. Not just EVs alone. Hope it works out!
Every time I see the word Home Depot, I think of it as Homo Depot and do a double take.
I have a classic book in front of me published in the year 1868, titled “GOD IN HISTORY and GOD IN SCIENCE,” authored by London Pastor John Cumming (1807-1881).[1] May I say kindly, there's no such thing as an atheist! Some of the world's wealthiest celebrities have the stench of Hell on them, which is where they are all going, blaspheming the very God Who is kind to them. Luke 6:35b, “...for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.”
Legendary singer Billy Joel is a professed atheist...
“I gradually decided that just because I didn't have or couldn't find the ultimate answer didn't mean I was going to buy the religious fairytale. As an atheist you have to rationalize things.” —Billy Joel
On page 139 of his book, “GOD IN HISTORY and GOD IN SCIENCE,” Pastor John Cumming makes a brilliant observation concerning professed atheists...
Atheism is folly as much as wickedness. But suffer me, before I show this, to say, that it is absolutely impossible that any man can be an atheist, in the strict sense of that word. All that any can say is this: “No spot that I have searched does reveal a God; every organization I have examined does not show traces of wisdom, goodness, and design:” but that individual cannot say; “There is no God;” because he cannot say, “I have soared to the farthest star, I have descended to the deepest mines, I have swept all space, and searched all time, and in the realms of infinite space I have not detected any traces of a God.” In other words, to be able to say, “There is no God,” you must yourself assume to be God, which is a reductio ad absurdum, an utter and a complete absurdity.
SOURCE: “GOD IN HISTORY and GOD IN SCIENCE,” p. 139; by Rev. John Cumming, D.D.; New York: Published by Carlton & Lanahan; 200 Mulberry-Street; 1868.
What a brilliant observation. How can any man claim to be an atheist unless he has traveled to the farthest place in the universe? The nearest star to the earth (after our own sun) is Alpha Centauri, which is 4.37 light-years away (28,200,000,000,000 miles away!). This is just one star, being the closest to earth besides our own sun, which is 93,000,000,000 miles away. My friend, the Hubble Space Telescope has discovered that there are at least 200,000,000,000 galaxies in the universe. And each of those galaxies contains BILLIONS of stars! It is anticipated that when the James Webb Telescope is launched in 2018 from NASA, that it will discover over ONE TRILLION GALAXIES!!!
The Word of God teaches that God made the stars. I love how Genesis 1:16 is written... “HE MADE THE STARS ALSO.” It's like the Bible is saying, “Oh, by the way, God also made all the stars!” Genesis 1:16, “And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.” God is amazing, Who knows the exact number of stars that He created, and he calls them each by their own name. Amen! Psalms 147:4, “He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.” I have just briefly discussed the stars. The world that exists under a microscope is even more amazing, complex and a mystery to mankind. How can anyone reasonably claim to be an atheist when man hasn't even discovered what's in 90% of the earth's oceans? Pastor John Cumming is so right... For anyone to say, “There is no God!,” you must yourself assume to be God! No human being has traveled to the ends of the universe. In fact, no human being has ever even left the Milky Way Solar System. Psalms 145:3, “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.”
John Cumming was a Scottish minister who was well-known for his anti-Catholic writings and preaching. Amen for that! One of the biggest evidences of apostasy in the Unit
If Tesla is making the panels in USA, it will benefit by the tariff on low cost panels from China. But I don't know where Tesla makes its panels.
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
what happened to direct sales? i mean if you can sell a car direct and fight for that right...why not this?!!
You have geothermal in Iceland. And there's the vodka.
So, Karen - How You Do'in?
I know when I see the A/C install corner I walk right by. I pretty much walk by all these "displays". But much like email phishing, somebody must stop and buy, otherwise it would stop.
have an opportunity to see what TESLA warranty and support is like. Side note, short tesla.
will be highlighted in high-profile displays, which are 12 feet tall and 7 feet wide
high profile
At any rate it will be nice to actually see what the product looks like up close and touchable - they will have the actual product, or at least a small version of it, on display and not a poster, won't they?
Meanwhile, people who paid the $1,000 to pre-order a solar roof from Tesla 9 months ago are being told it will be another 5 to 8 months.
I know when I see
yeah when you live in your mother's basement you are not interesting in the grown-up items
Yeah, 52 grand is pretty expensive. And by investing in your house you are making your property taxes go up, so you will pay again. Elon Musk had this comment: "The economics are not yet compelling where housing and utility costs are low and property taxes are high."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sleasca/2017/05/16/tesla-solar-roof-cost/2/
Tesla is arguing that the roof defrays its own cost by generating electricity; and if you live in a sunny area and put in enough solar cells, the roof will pay for itself (and actually return a profit eventually). But with time value of money it's not a good investment at current prices.
So, right now, this is a roof for rich people who don't mind dropping a chunk of money that will take a long time to pay back. If you are building a mansion that will cost over a million bucks, why not throw a Tesla roof on it? It would be less than a 5% increase in cost, the roof is durable and looks nice, and you can feel that you are helping combat climate change. And if your neighborhood loses power, you can still have lights on in your house.
For people like me, and you I'm guessing, this is just too pricey right now.
Remember how Tesla's first car was a toy for rich people. Baby steps. If this roof product does well, they can ramp up production volume and bring costs down.
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The 30 year ROI on a Tesla solar system with power walls for my 2500 sqft house is still negative....as such, it's cheaper for me to purchase power from the power companies.
until that changes, f em
I'm going to buy some to power My Tesla coil.
This is fake news, just like global warming. Clean coal is the future and the biggest free energy technology since superconductive Qi chargers.
1400 square foot house
Conservative fucktards don't deserve any money from anyone! Musk is on thin ice!
Lol, I have 6 solar panels, and lots of other stuff from drunk shopping on Amazon in my garage.
1. Will the products be physically in stock for you to buy, load in your truck and take home? Or will it just be some sort of display where you have to order them and then wait?
2. Will they be anywhere near in a price range that someone could buy without taking out the equivalent of a 2nd mortgage?
But slashdot promised me it would be less expensive than a standard roof. I replaced the roof on my average house a few years ago and it cost $15k, and that included all new plywood and gutters.
My yearly averaged electric bill is $61/month. $52000/61=$61/month =852 months to repayment, or 71 years.
Pallet of 22 320 watt for about 2200.
If you cant do this yourself you are rock stupid.
How Much?
Is there any cost-effective use for these sorts of things in climates like mine (northeast Ohio, on the edge of the primary Lake Erie snow belt) with significant cloud cover almost year-round? Not trolling. I really am curious. The answer was a definite no in the past, but perhaps that has changed?
Nonaggression works!