Neighbors Clash Over Trees, Solar Power

February 20th, 2008 By TERENCE CHEA, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- In an environmental dispute seemingly scripted for eco-friendly California, a man asked prosecutors to file charges against his neighbors because their towering redwoods blocked sunlight to his backyard solar panels.

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• Lord_jag - Feb 20, 2008
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  I think I'd side with the solar panel. There are plenty of trees that can fill the land area and clean the air just as well as a redwood that won't grow that tall. Plant a different tree.
  
  
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• nilbud - Feb 20, 2008
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  Couldn't they mount the solar panels on the trees.
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• Eco_R1 - Feb 21, 2008
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  If you can spend 70 000 G's on solar panels, but don%u2019t have the brain to place it a save distance from any possible shade( even if the tree that could affect it is still not a threat, a.k.a "planning ), our planet is doomed, doomed through stupidity of people like Mark Varga.
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• DGBEACH - Feb 21, 2008
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  I'd say solar panels, built into a lithium silicate based ceramic housing, which would both;create electricity AND absorb CO2!
  
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• mrlewish - Feb 21, 2008
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  I would cut down the trees and put nice tall solar panels in their place.
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• gopher65 - Feb 21, 2008
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  I think that guy needs to calculate how much energy went into making those solar panels before he makes any claims about their use in deferring carbon emissions.
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