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Environment & Energy

Bigmack

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4. When we were in Germany this spring

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Tue Nov 27, 2012, 04:20 PM

Nov 2012

we were absolutely STUNNED by the number of solar panels we saw on roofs EVERYWHERE. Driving thru the countryside, they were on barns, sheds, houses, and in the towns we visited, they were on the roofs of old and new houses. It was VERY impressive. Why they aren't REQUIRED by the building codes at least down here in the desert in southern California, I will NEVER understand. I mean the parts of Germany we were in were NOT desert areas!!!!!! Ms Bigmack

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Can the U.S. Create Its Own German-Style Energy Revolution? [View all] xchrom Nov 2012 OP

Of course we CAN Demeter Nov 2012 #1

+1 xchrom Nov 2012 #2

Absolutely! The German desert is filled with solar panels wtmusic Nov 2012 #3

When we were in Germany this spring Bigmack Nov 2012 #4

Could if they would, but they won't. ... CRH Nov 2012 #5