Reply #1: I'm so freaking sick of

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

zoning laws and/or home owner association covenants that prohibit well-though-out solar on rootops. It's the damn clone/lemming mentality of these covenants that are so stupid. I simply could not live in a place where everyone's mail boxes are exactly alike, and where cats/dogs are not allowed outside unless on a leash - and especially where I'm not allowed to self generate some of my electricity with solar.

I know a guy who bought land in a "planned community" who planned to use UniSolar standing seam metal roof in the design.. The architectural review folks reviewed the plans and were fing with the renderings/elevations, etc - until someone found out that the UniSolar roof also is a solar collector. Their heads suddenly exploded and the design was subsequently denied! He would up selling the lot and buying a parcel out in the county... Damn stupid...