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t1_j26hw8l wrote

I don't know about other countries but there are parts of the UK where people aren't allowed to put solar panels on their roofs because "conservation". It would be cool if a similar approach could be used.

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t1_j26l12w wrote

> "conservation"

Are you guys running out of valuable... roof space or something?

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t1_j27dyok wrote

It sure sucks that people arent allowed to demolish century old buildings.

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t1_j28733c wrote

You don't need to demolish a building to put solar panels on its roof.

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t1_j2b4zsw wrote

You do know if these rules werent in place thered be a lot more then just destroy the roofs of these houses right?

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t1_j2bi2ib wrote

You do know they can adjust the rules however they like, including limiting modifications to just allowing solar panels rather than carte blanche to detroy the whole building? The question is why you pretend otherwise.

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t1_j2fosuv wrote

That's true, but there's another side to the absolutism argument? Are we really that desperate for roof?

In many cities preserved buildings count well under or just barely over a dozen, is it worth risking the cultural value for a few square meters of solar panels?

Pompei is a special case at it is huge and disconnected from modern cities so power by other means is disruptive as well.

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t1_j27kvp2 wrote

Sometimes age should not be a prerequisite for continuing to exist. There’s a lot of crappy old shit thats been improved upon.

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t1_j26ullh wrote

It would be pretty silly to attach them to thatch now, wouldn’t it?

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