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Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber
+1 A noble cause.
No like I said, the concept is great. I will explain what I ment better. I am an electrician, I look at buildings differently because I was in the construction trade (thanks bankers!) the current PV panals are do not tie in with the fabric of the building that well. In 5 -10 years they will be knackered and will deduct value from your property. You also loose some space from the house for the batteries. The "pioneers" who have them now will suffer in the future. Once they start making an actually roofing material thats also a PV panal, then we are in business! How do the current ones actual fix to the roof? Are there any holes in the roof to support them? - if there are you can bet they sealed the holes with something retarded like mastic or silicone... I wouldn't want a load of holes on my roof sealed with silicone which will degrade with UV... They pay for themselves in 5-10 years depending on who tells you, so how much longer will they last than that? Also these firms that fit the things are mostly on a quick money band wagon (government grants) so I expect the work is not being carried out by Roofers and Electricians but more an adhoc crew proberbly with one sparkie and a load of numpties...
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fair enough, but early adopters drive development of better and more efficient pv panels (or anything else for that matter, ala how the market works, supply and demand etc. etc.). if they started making roofing tiles that were also pv panels, rather than the crude bolt-on things we have now, then that solves the "devaluing of property" problem. having said that - low lying property will eventually have it's value eroded, much like it's foundations, should the more downbeat forecasts turn out to be accurate.
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Originally Posted by SlipBall
Not sure how you could claim that  ...only a very few simple minds believe in man made climate change, put forth for an easy monetary gain from the foolish people, to the pockets of slicker people...do you understand that the earth has been warmer in the past? Do you not understand that it is the Sun? Do you understand cycle's 
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i believe the prevalent notion is more that it is human
accelerated climate change. that there are cycles in global temperature and sea level is not in doubt nor contested, it is the
rate of these changes that causes alarm.