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Re:70% of Americans Support Solar Mandate on New Homes by mytailorisrich on Monday October 25, 2021 @04:38AM (#28985709)
It's the usual issue of the wording of questions in surveys.

"Would you agree to be made to pay $20k for solar panels on your new home?" may not have got the same replies although, arguably, it's more realistic.

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Re:70% of Americans Support Solar Mandate on New Homes by Nasrudith on Monday October 25, 2021 @09:55AM (#28987826)
I don't think anybody was expecting them to be free so much as bundled into the mortgage as a standard item, sparing them from any separate financing, uppricing, or possible zoning issues.
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Re:70% of Americans Support Solar Mandate on New Homes by mytailorisrich on Monday October 25, 2021 @10:04AM (#28987939)
Sure, that would probably be part of the price of the house and thus, for most people, financed through a mortgage.

But that's indeed a matter of financing the cost. The point remains that this cost would be paid by the person buying the house and therefore it seems to me that the most realistic and honest wording of such survey should include making that clear in order to get meaningful answers.

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