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The four-bedroom, 2 1/2-bathroom houses, which start at $595,000
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600k for a 4 bedroom house in one of the most crime-ridden parts of the bay area isn't going to appeal to a lot of people. I guess it depends on your definition of "economically viable", but just because it is possible to power your house with solar panels if you're willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars per household on panels that the neighborhood kids or a hail storm can completely destroy doesn't make it a viable option for the average consumer. Put reasearch into improving solar energy, provide incentives for people to buy them for their houses, but this is NOT going to solve the energy crisis that we are getting into alone. Not even close.