Chris people who live in places like Seattle - less than forty days of sunshine a year - need solar panels like you need an additional hole in your head. And why whould you want old obsoleter\ technology on peoples roofs? We got better things than those old evironmentally nasty things in the pipeline.
Chris has it pointed out to him that S.Cal and Ariz. for instance have different weather factors than Maine or Wash. Etc,thus making standardize roofing nation wide ridiculous....but he just comes back advocating the same roofing for all....
Given the total amount of sunny days we have in Maine, add to that fact the problem of snow covering the solar panels and investing in solar panels here is not really such a good idea.
Maine's energy solutions will be found with some combination of biofuel (wood), nuclear, wind and tidal power.
The potential of tapping the wind in the Gulf of Maine (once the technology is worked out) will generate enough energy to run much of New England, or so we're being told by former Governor King.
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