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For society: I wonder if it is safe for so much power to be concentrated in one organization.
As a technical accomplishment: I'm impressed.
So Google isn't trying to replicate Solar City, this is just an analysis tool if your home would be viable for solar panels. Almost like a middle-man for solar panel providers?
I wonder if this is this "not available" in many areas because Google is using machine vision to automatically compute roof metrics, or if it's because they don't have rebate & utility info for many markets.
Dear Google, you make me feel really uncomfortable when you share a video with the world wherein you describe a project which you will make for "the country".
OTOH, just because you have a generally accessible url, the video at that url must be addressed to the world?
Wow. I can't believe how expensive solar panels are. This really is a great tool to give you an idea how much solar panels would cost. What about wind... does anyone know of any affordable residential wind turbine solutions?
Residential wind has some issues: 1) Performance - best performance is when the wind blows in a straight line, houses and other features will deflect it making it turbulent. 2) Noise - turbines are noisy, you're not likely to have neighbors appreciate it. 3) Mounting - Mounting one requires either a pole, or it can be mounted to the roof. However, roof mountings tend to cause issues (read damage) due to vibrations tr…
https://www.google.com/get/sunroof#a=2600%20Fresno%20St%2C%2...