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Re:California Votes to Require Rooftop Solar Power on New Homes by sundvor on Thursday May 10, 2018 @05:00AM (#17037283)
As DSC has been mandatory for a few years now in Australia, this means anyone buying a reasonably new 2nd hand car is going to get this important safety technology.

This is a good thing. You'd be hard pushed to claim it has brought the prices of cars up.

Likewise if all new houses must have solar, it's just going to become the norm and everyone will benefit. Bravo!

I wish Australia had made double glazed windows mandatory (as well as solar panels). Alas, most people (well, at least politicians) have no idea what you're talking about, and prices are way up there.

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Re:California Votes to Require Rooftop Solar Power on New Homes by rconti on Thursday May 10, 2018 @06:26PM (#17043471)
That was (pretty much) my point. Although you can't claim there's not a cost, it's fairly minimal.
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Re:California Votes to Require Rooftop Solar Power on New Homes by sundvor on Friday May 11, 2018 @11:42PM (#17052373)
Yep, got that - sought to reinforce it. :)
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Re:California Votes to Require Rooftop Solar Power on New Homes by literallycancer on Thursday May 10, 2018 @08:34AM (#17038235)
>Likewise if all new houses must have solar, it's just going to become the norm and everyone will benefit. Bravo!

I live in a house built in 1920s. Ever seen someone driving a Model T?

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Re:California Votes to Require Rooftop Solar Power on New Homes by rconti on Thursday May 10, 2018 @06:25PM (#17043468)
Actually, just yesterday I was next to one at a stoplight in Menlo Park, CA.
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