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This is one of my pet peeves with HN. People here often gang up on a product if it doesn't meet their specific requirements or budget. Could it simply be that

This is one of my pet peeves with HN. People here often gang up on a product if it doesn't meet their specific requirements or budget. Could it simply be that you aren't the target market for this product? Also, people comparing the cost of this roof with the cost of a conventional roof are being a little ingenuous. This roof has ROOF + SOLAR. You'll have to include cost of an equivalent solar system + roof if you want to do a cost to cost comparison. It's obviously not cheap, but if there are people - and there are plenty of people - who can afford it, why knock it down?

DannyBee 10y ago
"Also, people comparing the cost of this roof with the cost of a conventional roof are being a little ingenuous." Because that's precisely what elon did! "“So the basic proposition will be: Would you like a roof that looks better than a normal roof, lasts twice as long, costs less and—by the way—generates electricity?” Musk said. “Why would you get anything else?” " Note the "Costs less" part. In case you wanted to argue about that: "Musk told the crowd that he had just returned from a meeting with his new solar engineering team. Tesla’s new solar roof product, he proclaimed, will actually cost less to manufacture and install than a traditional roof—even before savings from the power bill. " Note very specifically: "Cost less to manufacture and install than a traditional roof - even before savings from the power bill".