http://www.netsquared.org/tags/bija-solar-environment-trees-net2 share stories about how web-based technologies are impacting people’s lives build toolkits for nonprofits around the globe to help extend their good work en-US http://www.netsquared.org/blog/anonyone/trees-v-solar-power <p>This interesting story demonstrates the difficulties of balancing competing interests working towards sustainable development.</p> <p>What is more sustainable, the growth of Redwood trees; or chopping down those trees to stop overshadowing of solar panels?  The Solar Shade Control Act of California was deployed by a homeowner upset that his solar panels were shaded.  There have been moves to update the legislation to provides that if trees are there first they have priority but where trees grow to obscure a pre-existing panel, the owner of the panel can request the offending trees be removed.</p> <p><a href="http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_8688796" title="Trees v Solar">trees v solar</a></p><p><a href="http://www.netsquared.org/blog/anonyone/trees-v-solar-power">read more</a></p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/anonyone/trees-v-solar-power#comments bija solar environment trees net2 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:49:55 -0400 anonyone 8041 at http://www.netsquared.org