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That's awesome. Making solar available to everyone in a common place like Sam's Club is great. You don't have to go to some really expensive high end mechanical engineering company to buy a system. I...
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To meet code, you need a certified electrician connecting the inverter to the grid. I'm sure you can DIY. It's not that hard. But a place like Sam's Club wouldn't want the liability. - jello5929
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I wouldn't go with the economic motivation for solar...the savings just aren't there yet. But for those who want to make an ecological statement regardless of the cost, solar is the way to go. Get a...
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That's great that solar is becoming readily available. Despite the high price point, which will keep the majority of consumers from purchasing the product, the ones who do purchase are making a great...
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Sams Club has been around for a long time and is very trusted. JT www.FireMe.To/udi - Jim McDish
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It would be nice if they could do this elsewhere. definitely be helpful to the people that want o try this but don't really have a place to go for it in other states. - Joe
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IKEA also has plans to start selling solar panels. The price isn't a huge concern, it's gotta start somewhere and it's only going to drop. - CB
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Solar voltaic energry is not economicallly feasible at current prices. The cost of a system, that you install yourself, after tax rebates, costs enough that the 5% interest you lose by spending the...
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This is great news! I am full of admiration for Wal-Mart and Sam's Club - they seem to have their finger on the pulse of the clued-up customer. By promoting solar in their stores, they are creating a...
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With the cost of these solar systems being so high it is cheaper to make a direct connection to the grid, thereby obtaining the cost benefit of unmetered power for just the price of strong alligator...
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As the article states, Sam's Club won't doing any installation work or even selling system components to their customers. In essence, Sam's is just brokering the deal. I can't see any problem with this...
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I also just read in The Mother Earth News that Home Depot is also carrying small pv panels such that you could use to power a farm gate. They also do consultations on home systems. I think it is just a...
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considering energy is going to be only more and more expensive as fossil fuels are phased out and the dollar is becoming less and less of value you can keep your cds and bonds i think home energy...
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My wife and I are using Envision’s flat-pack products, the LIfeTree™ and LIfeShade™ products on our PA property because: -these are flat-pack options (solar in a box) -they offer a...
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Look carefully at the "solar calculator" on Borregos website! For example if you select $100/mo, x 12mo x 25 yr. you get $30,000, not $87,727 which they say as your cost. Obviously they are factoring...
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I think if more retailers are carrying solar it can only benefit the public. Educating family's about a better/cleaner technology to power their home will only make it more likely for them to purchase...
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REC Solar has been selling residential and commercial PV installs thorough COSTCO for over two years now. This is not a new idea. - adam
View ArticleLease companies not ready for it yet
I recently could pick a new leased car, but was told by my boss that the different lease companies here in the Netherlands wouldn't allow the 2 cars I was looking at (Opel Ampera & Toyota Prius...
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My husband has been driving a Volt for the better part of a year, now, and he LOVES it!!!! ;D - Karen Wiesner
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Probably more advertising is neded to ensure that people understand that daily car trips rarely exceed 100km, therefore the second car could always be an electric without any disadvantage to a 2 car...
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