Solar Panels Vs. Redwood Trees

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Many people have questions about whether their neighbors can block access to their solar panels with shading or not. In the Solar Panels vs Trees case, the tree blocking the solar panels from the direct sunlight. Mr. Treanor and Mr. Vargas both are environmentally friendly. “ In terms of loving the environment, it seems that neither one can top the other”. Once it comes down to the decision of cutting the trees for the solar panels to absorb the sunlight, Mr. Vargas seems to have the upper hand in this situation. Regarding the Solar Panels vs Trees case, the solar panels have superior advantage over trees due to the Solar Shade Act law, dangers redwood trees can create, and the environmental benefits of solar panels. The majority of people …show more content…
Furthermore, the redwood trees are dangerous tree to plant. For someone who never seen a redwood tree before, it can be larger than they could’ve imagined. Normally, the redwood trees can grow up to 300 feet or even higher. If a live redwood tree were to fall over and has not been disturbed. The tree will continue to grow and produce even more redwood trees. Even though a redwood is an awesome tree, but definitely not a good tree to grow in the backyard. The year-around with heavy shade will limited the grass to grow. Redwood trees overwhelm the surrounding area and control the growth of other plants by destroying them. Most of redwood trees often dropped branches and chunks of wood on the plants. Redwood trees depend on 25% percent of fog to water their every need. The fog absorbed directly into leaves and from there go all the way down to their roots. One of them living in Santa Clara means the redwood hardly receives any of this fog except the large amount of sunshine. The chance of having an earthquake in Santa Clara are quite high. If the earthquake occurs, the redwood trees that Mr. Treanor planted have a high risk of break from the ground and fall onto his neighbors houses. Moreover, the redwood trees can cause tons of damage when trees fall over to the houses. There are many different trees for Mr. Treanor to

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