Solar Roof Shingles: 2010 International Builders Show

Dow's Powerhouse Solar Shingles promise to turn sunlight into savings. Consumer Reports takes a look at the 2010 International Builders' Show. Learn more about roofing and siding on our web site http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/home-garden/home-improvement/index.htm?EXT...

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[depro9]

wtf, why so expensive!? I mean COME ON, really!

[ChristopherJManess]

I can make my own solar panels for about $200 per square meter. Plus, installing the converter boxes, I still won't top $5,000 for an entire rooftop. The only person would have to be the electrician, to ensure and inspect my work. I take it, you guys don't watch much YouTube, hahaha!

[valko007]

about $25k hummm.

and you can save up to 40% ,,,,

F#$# you dow, as always ,trying to squeeze every penny .

all this shit is made in china,,, meaning it cost them a bucket of pennys, yet they wanna charge 200% ,

[jRFrancine384]

alright!!!

[CheapEnergyIdeas]

only costs DOW 50 cent apiece to make er i mean import them, but big oil and utility company surcharges,political lobbiest bribes and the chinese excise tax makes em cost us around $500 ea. they can all KMA

[gaypotter]

are those his arms?

[cshargeit]

the solar subject has left youtube since google owns everything. the guy said you need some mexican to push the hammers nail in it... no taxes no health care... no pension no nothing.. just need a mexican on the roof. alert alert.. the whole world is a sham for the rich.

[Curas1]

I think forget paying back into the system, just be hooked up to the system as a back up while batteries charge up to power my house at night and charge my hybrid car

I would also want my attic fans to be able to be used to charge my batteries as well and have it all connected to my home computer system

They can keep the natural gas and in fact give me a paper stove and free water so I can grow my own food in a hothouse and recycle my plastic junk for what I cant grow

living grid free!

[StoicObserverS]

@depro9 because they are greedy. They convince people that the federal, state and local tax incentives will offset the cost, so they get paid up front and you have to figure out how to recoup the difference IF and I mean IF there is still funding for the programs when you sign on the dotted lines.. there is NOT always refund money available. It is a shell and pea game.. be careful. If it sounds too good to be true... well... it is.

[arnoldcustom]

every home need new Shingles every 25 to 30 years, huum 20,000 $ every 30 years thats one hell of a replacement every 25 to 30 years, as I take it there would be no way to save the ones wilh the solar cell, same thing with all this stick on solar filim, once roof need redoing there you now lose your investment, stay with cheep solar panals, the cost of them here anyway has droped over 50%or more

[reprobacious]

@ecdfann I'm sure the epic ongoing depression isn't helping much either...

[reprobacious]

@Fuerza10 Yes, it's pretty crazy, but if one needs to replace a roof anyway it's not so bad. For example, my original 75-year-old slate roof is starting to go and replacing it with new slate (not cheesy-looking asbestos) would be around $80K. My local electric co charges over $0.20/kwh. While global warming is obviously a complete fraud, this tech has promise and price will drop. My chief concern right now is finding a company in this biz which doesn't help fund radical ecoterrorism.