It makes no sense for me to cut down trees that provide me with a lot of cooling benefit, hurt the ability of the planet to absorb air pollution, hut the ability of the ground to absorb storm water, hurt the planet for the production, shipping, and resource extraction to make the panels and batteries, and to make my property look barren, just so i can use generated energy for cooling.

I am an engineer. Any changes to a structure must be documented. Not just for "this time", but so that there is a record of modifications for "next time".

The permit process is to log changes to a building over its lifetime. Don't skip any part of that story.

i've head that before, but my aunt has to go out with a broom and brush the snow off her tilted panels after heavy storms.

Well yes, you are adding load to an existing structure. That should be required everywhere.

There are climate regions in the US that, while still possible, have less benefit than Australia. places with heavy snow or lots of rain/overcast.

Hell, i'm in a GOOD area for solar, and still doesnt make sense for me to get panels because my roof is covered by trees almost all the day.

Which is a benefit of its own, as it keeps my cooling costs low in the summer.

batteries mean strip-mining the earth and/or dredging the ocean floor.

There is no easy way out.

> I suppose it’s better than America where the police turn minorities and marginalized groups into a shooting range for target practice.

More white people are killed in the US by police. They kill everyone.