re: Maryland couple first in nation to power their home with EV truck during peak use hours

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Wife doesn’t have to go to the gas station and be harassed by the homeless people.

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Maybe your wife could try going to gas stations that aren't in the hood.

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Can we not just sit back, avoid pointing out the inevitable problems, and think “that’s pretty neat”?

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Apparently not.

I used to find the anti-EV crowd annoying until I realized 1) I’ve never before cared about what someone thinks I drive so I won’t start now, and 2) their consistently incorrect ideas on the matter are why I’ve been able to make so much on $TSLA. And now I get to keep returning to posts like this one and get a little dopamine hit from every new DV it has.


Meanwhile I’m driving* the funnest car of my life and never have to go to the gas station



*Most of the time it’s driving me. Elon’s latest FSD software update is

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I get to keep returning to posts like this one and get a little dopamine hit from every new DV it has

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It really is hilarious how angry this article made some people.

From what I read this guy is turning his meter backward or slowing it down...not powering his home....it won't power a home, at least not without shedding loads, not for long anyway....but it will slow the meter down, may even turn it backwards at times.....

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If the state utility regulators held power companies to the letter of the law folks would be installing solar as fast as they could get a contractor to do it. The same is so of this situation....the problem is and will be that power companies usually refuse to pay what the power is worth. Its changing though but still lagging....

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States like Ca are even regressing with NEM 3.0 out there. All it's doing is driving people to install more storage and cover their own needs rather than rely on export income to offset.

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If I had the money, or if I was building new, I'd drop the cash for a Tesla tile roof and Powerwall. I'd also make sure I live in a municipality / state that allows you to sell power back to the grid. There is absolutely no reason that individual home owners and business owners should not embrace solar. For that matter, every public school campus should be doing this as well.

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I am designing our retirement home as we speak. Modern dogtrot. I have already incorporated as many energy features as are currently available....based on the principle that those added costs are fixed while our income is high and will not be impacted as much by inflation when our income is fixed and substantially less than it is now. I have not incorporated any of the storage or solar technology currently available but have started doing the research. Current design has 1800 square foot of roof, approximately, along with another 1200 feet of roof on the shop, 800 square feet on the RV shed and 600 feet on the boat shed. Rising energy costs in retirement is not an insignificant issue. My thinking is money spent at the value over the next couple of years will hasten payback and lower the rate of inflation for us in retirement. I am not talking about living off the grid - I like AC way too much for that - I am talking about spending 2024 dollars to lower energy bills in 2031 and later.

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I'd drop the cash for a Tesla tile roof

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Cool product but jesus it's expensive.

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There is absolutely no reason that individual home owners and business owners should not embrace solar. For that matter, every public school campus should be doing this as well.

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Smaller daily self consumption systems work really well for this. It relives grid load during the day in large buildings. The problem is it cuts into the utility profits and they cry and get the PUC to fluff their margins back up. People should embrace it for no other reason than to frick with the utility companies.

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I am designing our retirement home as we speak. Modern dogtrot. I have already incorporated as many energy features as are currently available....based on the principle that those added costs are fixed while our income is high and will not be impacted as much by inflation when our income is fixed and substantially less than it is now. I have not incorporated any of the storage or solar technology currently available but have started doing the research. Current design has 1800 square foot of roof, approximately, along with another 1200 feet of roof on the shop, 800 square feet on the RV shed and 600 feet on the boat shed. Rising energy costs in retirement is not an insignificant issue. My thinking is money spent at the value over the next couple of years will hasten payback and lower the rate of inflation for us in retirement. I am not talking about living off the grid - I like AC way too much for that - I am talking about spending 2024 dollars to lower energy bills in 2031 and later.

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How far are you from retirement? While degradation is mostly misunderstood and over stated, it is a thing so you wouldn't want a system sitting there for too long eating up warranty and degrading while providing little to no value. Also, i always reccomend OpenSolar for people trying to play with thier own system designs. It's a good way to understand hoe irradiance works and what yield you can get.