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Showing Original Post only (View all)Tesla shows off solar roof tiles [View all]
Source: BBC
Roof tiles with built-in solar panels have been unveiled by Tesla chief executive Elon Musk.
The tiles, made from glass, are intended to be a more attractive way to add solar panels to homes, compared with currently-used solar technology.
The launch took place in Universal Studios, Los Angeles, on what used to be the set for the television show Desperate Housewives.
It comes with Tesla due to take over struggling energy firm Solar City.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37809151?ocid=socialflow_twitter
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Stop the pipelines, the coal mining, the fracking, the endless OIL WARS. Now.
Achilleaze
Oct 2016
#1
They already have this that acts both as a roof and a solar panels. They are called solar roof
still_one
Oct 2016
#3
Makes sense. Most roofs are fiberGLASS already. This is a logical step. Now, if they can melt snow
FailureToCommunicate
Oct 2016
#6
Actually, this is useless. One of the things that people who applaud this stuff...
NNadir
Oct 2016
#7
Best guess? Probably an issue of gathering the varies materials to manufacture the tiles
cstanleytech
Oct 2016
#10
First, using some generalizations, let's do some energy calculations, since I...
NNadir
Oct 2016
#17
Solar energy is not now and never will be an alternative to dangerous fossil fuels.
NNadir
Oct 2016
#31
Development of an Optimal Vehicle-to-Grid Aggregator for Frequency Regulation
kristopher
Nov 2016
#66
Your pro-nuclear, anti-solar and anti-sustainable narrative is consistent.
LanternWaste
Oct 2016
#39
I would suggest you don't know very much about sustainability. It's rather tiresome...
NNadir
Oct 2016
#44
No single technology is 'the" answer. Wind, solar, and ocean current or tidal energy are certainly
mahina
Oct 2016
#21
The company that provides electricity there tried to buy our electric utility here.
mahina
Oct 2016
#24
the only reason our current "extract-refine-distribute" model is profitable is because the costs
KittyWampus
Oct 2016
#16
Your homeowner's insurance will cover damage to solar panels from storms etc.
kristopher
Oct 2016
#52