Over the holidays, I have learned from my parents that there are homeowners associations that ban drying clothes on clotheslines and make it difficult to place solar panels on houses. I did a google search on the issue, and learned to such hostility toward environmentally friendly practices is fairly widespread.
This sort of thing has got to stop. While apparently some states have passed laws that ban homeowners associations from prohibiting solar, the laws are sufficiently vague that they can be circumvented.
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The biggest housing contribution to global warming is non safety zoning. Large homes take a lot of fuel to heat and light. Large lawns take a lot of maintenance that uses up fuel (few people push manual lawn mowers).
Simply allow European sized homes to be built to get European style fuel savings.
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I know my housing development does not allow clotheslines. I miss the fresh, dried-in-the-sun bedding from my youth (but towels are much better/softer in a drier :-O). I'll have to look at the rules again to see what they say about solar. Thanks for the tip!
Fortunately, "right to dry" laws have been passed in some states (CO, ME, UT, VT) and are pending in others. Expect states to intervene more aggressively during the next run up in fossil fuel costs.
Here's a whole website on the topic:
http://www.laundrylist.org/
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