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To: bentway who wrote (616732)6/20/2011 2:14:26 PM
From: longnshort  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575420
 
look at that picture, they are putting the panels over shingles. looks like they can't be used for roofing material, unless you want a leaking house and mold



To: bentway who wrote (616732)6/20/2011 2:23:07 PM
From: i-node1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575420
 
>> There's no reason that the photovoltaic cells can't just BE the roofing material.

Yeah, true. Why not just build them out of diamonds?

Solar shingles add 10s of thousands of dollars to a small implementation.

The problem is how do you get something that is utilitarian, ecological, cheap, and not an eyesore? It just isn't out there yet.


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