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Re:California Votes to Require Rooftop Solar Power on New Homes by rwcarlsen on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @06:17PM (#17034696)
> In principle I agree, but I think in this particular case you might have trouble if you mandated a particular maximum level of energy consumption or a minimum level of on-site power generation, since some houses just aren't in a good place to get sun

Which is exactly why mandating a specific solution like rooftop solar doesn't make sense. Your counterargument actually somewhat supports the original argument :)

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Re:California Votes to Require Rooftop Solar Power on New Homes by Dylan16807 on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @07:41PM (#17035269)
Do you want those houses to have some half-efficient solar, or do you want them to be unable to be built at all?

Forcing solar on a house like that is suboptimal, forcing a certain generation metric is even worse.

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