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[–] nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Houses are expensive enough, no need to make it worse

[–] warm@kbin.earth 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The cost of solar panels on a new build is extremely marginal for the long term benefits they provide to the owners of the house, the environment and the general electric grid. They should absolutely be a requirement.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

They paid back in around 5 years on my moms roof, and that was 11 years ago, and panels are waaay cheaper now than they were back then.

[–] nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz 0 points 2 months ago

Yeah your right, my only concern is them having a captive market which would allow them to jack up prices but right now there are lots of competing companies so it shouldn't happen withing the next decade