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		solotronics on May 10, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Solar Roof yeah there is little economic incentive for anyone outside of California will to retrofit these onto an existing house. Take Texas for example a large house in Dallas is $500k I used the provided calculator on the Tesla site and the roof install will cost $211k! that is not justifiable on a house this expensive.

goobynight on May 11, 2017 | [–]

Right. Outside of dense, expensive cities, the %of house value goes up since houses cost less AND the roof sizes also go up.

ericd on May 11, 2017 | [–]

Is that to replace 100% of the energy usage with solar? It lets you dial back the electricity generation and with it, the cost.

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