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In the Rappahannock News of Jan. 17, there is news of the approval of the installation of solar panels on a home in Washington.
Solar collectors are very attractive. They represent environmental cleanliness. A building without solar collectors represents coal (or gas, perhaps) burning somewhere, to provide electricity. Well, you say,
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