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ben_wyesterday at 10:33 AM1 replyview on HN

While true in general, I suspect that this won't change house prices as (I think) those are more driven by supply-demand imbalances rather than the actual costs, and that the increase in costs will go into someone else's profit margin, which may be some mix of the builders (although they're famously opaque from all the sub-contracting) and the land owners.


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Ray20yesterday at 1:28 PM

Regulations like these make the entire renewable energy sector seem like a crazy scam and greenwashing.

They might not have much of an impact on property values (certainly no more than the plethora of existing building regulations). But we shouldn't be surprised if as a result people vote for a candidate whose campaign promise consists of picking up a grenade launcher and blowing up windmills.

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