Speaking of PV panels (didn't want to hijack the other thread just thought this looked cool)...I didn't know what PV meant in Ryland's post so I looked it up and I came upon this. Why don't we do more of this kind of thing? This is wicked cool and it looks good too.
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Not that we should replace tree's with them...but incorporate it into our existing environment.