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Re:Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful by bkjelden on Saturday July 10, 2021 @11:11PM (#27798201)
We're at the point where residential solar is expensive not because it's solar, but just because hiring a contractor to do anything in any growing metro area is unreasonably expensive.
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Re:Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful by throwawayboise on Sunday July 11, 2021 @12:27AM (#27798472)
> hiring a contractor to do anything in any growing metro area is unreasonably expensive.

So is hiring a contractor to build a website. Do you still feel that's "unreasonable" ?

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Re:Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful by lovecg on Sunday July 11, 2021 @03:09AM (#27798987)
You don’t need to comply with pages and pages of arcane regulations to build a website though.
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Re:Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful by sygma on Sunday July 11, 2021 @03:36AM (#27799089)
In Europe you do…
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Re:Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful by duckmysick on Sunday July 11, 2021 @04:03AM (#27799176)
Same in the United States: the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
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Re:Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful by julianlam on Sunday July 11, 2021 @09:17AM (#27800539)
Yes! Yes, of course it is.

Hiring a competent developer to build a simple brochure website shouldn't cost as much as a small car, but yet here we are.

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Re:Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful by bufferoverflow on Sunday July 11, 2021 @09:26AM (#27800600)
You don't need a competent developer for that. You can go to one of the website builders like SquareSpace and do it for free, or hire some student to do that for you.

There's zero reason to write any code by hand for a brochure website.

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Re:Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful by laurent92 on Sunday July 11, 2021 @01:34AM (#27798673)
In a funny twist of fate, so many people die while installing panels that it “kills more than nuclear”. Therefore, although I hate the shenanigans they pull off to overcharge, maybe they really deserve the money to be able to do things safely.
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Re:Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful by goodpoint on Sunday July 11, 2021 @05:22AM (#27799503)
...and yet there was never a comparable public outcry about the dangers of roofing. And the lax safety regulations in some countries.
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