Which Blight on the Landscape?

If photovoltaic panels on your roof are too unsightly for your precious little sensibilities but a suspended spiderweb of wires, huge coal and nuclear power plants, and rising sea levels aren't, folks, you've got a seriously distorted sense of aesthetics.

California's generous incentives for solar energy are just one of the reasons why Akeena Solar recently installed a solar electric system on their office's roof. Practicing what they preach was certainly another. In an ironic twist however, it seems the town (of Los Gatos, California) would rather not allow any solar panels to mare the landscape in town.

[...]The installation was completed in December 2002; but the town refused to finalize the building permit since three of the solar panels were partially visible from the street.

Get over it.

UPDATE: Here's a photo of this horribly imposing ancillary structure. Sheesh. Thanks, Tripp, for the reminder. Note the wires; then note the title of this post.