Re:No One Saw Tesla’s Solar Roof Coming
by jasonlingx on Monday October 31, 2016 @08:13PM
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In this case it's taxpayers subsidising high end roofing for nice houses owned by well off people.
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In the short term, yes. In the longer term, they're subsidising kick starting a market that can only come down in price once the volume increases.
Some good ideas need a bump through the 'chicken and egg' stage.
Re:No One Saw Tesla’s Solar Roof Coming
by forgetsusername on Monday October 31, 2016 @09:35PM
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Spot on. I'm all for subsidizing industries to incentivize the behaviour we want, but I'm not sure the people who can afford these homes, or $100,000 cars, need it.
They may not need it, but it is worth for the rest of us. Technology becomes much cheaper when it becomes commonplace. If we all pay a bit of that 30% subsidy to rich people, what's the matter? That will allow us to eventually buy it with more than 30% reduction of price without subsidies.