Goin' solar

If all works out ok, in the next few weeks we could be producing solar power for ourselves and (when we're not using enough) the rest of California. It's been a lot of paperwork, waiting, red tape, waiting, and a little bit of equipment to be installed but it looks like it's going to happen. It really shouldn't be so much of a hassle, should it? Why isn't the process getting more support from the government, like in Germany (where we'd be making lots of cash given their subsidized sell-back rates). Will signing something like a petition help? Give it a try, won'tcha?