But many celebs have not, even though they represent a select group who own a disproportionate number of outrageously excessive homes located in sunny places, and they may want to consider re-decorating their roofs with energy-generating silicon.

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If saving money and resources, or doing the right thing aren’t enough, every time a celebrity installs solar with BP Solar Neighbors program, a low-income home in South Los Angeles will receive a system as well. It also wouldn’t hurt for any of these people to spearhead their local solar panel collective bargaining clubs.

For your viewing pleasure (and our own personal enjoyment), we’ve rounded up the top ten heinously huge celebrity homes that probably should attempt to redeem themselves by installing solar panels. We’ve added DC nameplate rating quotes for each roof to show the wattage that would fit on the usable roof space, which was estimated by our resident solar expert and former solar installer. (An average home can fit about 4 kW, for your reference.)

Here they are, ranked from the smallest to largest potential system:

10. Ashlee Simpson, Beverly Hills, California, 2.5 kW

Pete Wentz said goodbye to his $1.8 million bachelor pad and hello to this $4.5 million home with Ashlee. They now live right around the corner from Demi and Ashton. Though this house isn’t ideal for solar, the installation could be just the distraction Ashlee needs right now.

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The Threads for Thought t-shirt that Paris Hilton wore read:

“What if this was the only tree left to hug” with a picture of a tree-shaped air freshener.

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Last week, Paris Hilton responded to John McCain’s “celebrity” ad with a surprisingly well-done response, discussed above in CBS News coverage (once you get past the ad. Available in its original form at funnyordie.com).

While hilarious—and rest assured that numerous internet commenters have already given Paris props for the rebuttal—viewers may be giving to much credit to the “Paris Hilton Energy Plan,” which is really just a succinct outline of McCain’s policy proposals: offshore-drilling + tax credits for hybrid/electric vehicles.

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The New York Daily News reports, in two different stories:

Paris Hilton puts her best foot forward with new shoe line

And

During a recent trip to South Africa. She asked how much (a cheetah she saw at an animal park) was and said,

“If I bought a cheetah, would it run away from me or could I keep it?”

Uh oh.

Why does she want the Cheetah?

Photos Courtesy: New York Daily News and The National Zoo

5. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Beverly Hills, California, 26.4 kW

This six-bedroom Beverly Park mansion was purchased from Sylvester Stallone’s ex-wife in 2003 for $6.2 million, and is now on the market for $14.8 million. Though the couple have taught their children to recycle, going solar would make a lasting lesson as well.

4. Tiger Woods, Windermere, Florida, 38.6 kW

The golf superstar’s home boasts 6692 square feet and 8 bedrooms on Lake Isleworth. His other home on nearby Juniper Island uses 129 thousand gallons of water per month, much of which supports elaborate landscaping. You’d need a solar array the size of Texas to fix this mess, but panels on the roof would be a great start.

3. Leonardo DiCaprio, Los Angeles, California, 44.9 kW

This celebrity environmental activist owns an ecofriendly apartment complex in New York City, but there is no evidence that this albatross runs on renewable energy. Considering he has his own “ecosite”, we hope that solar panels are on the way.

2. Jennifer Aniston, Los Angeles, California, 90 kW

Jennifer upgraded from the cottage on Carbon Beach she rented after her split with Brad Pitt with this $15 million dollar mansion. It’s still a construction zone though she bought the property in 2006. Jennifer has hired three security guards to patrol the grounds during construction. Her roof layout is excellent for solar panels, and since she’s supposedly spent over $1 million on interior renovations, why not shell out for solar as well?

1. Barack Obama, Washington DC, 156.4 kW

Oh wait! He already does (sort of)!

32 solar panels were installed on the roof of the White House under Jimmy Carter in 1979, and were subsequently removed by Ronald Regean in 1986.

In September 2002, 167 solar panels and two solar thermal water systems were installed on a maintenance building close to the White House. We can’t give too much credit to dear old W since the National Park Service is responsible for both the building and the renewable energy installations.

It’s not too late to reverse Reagan’s actions and reinstate solar panels on the White House roof. The time for change has come again, and Obama could lead the way by providing support for renewable energy in Washington.

If you’re a celebrity we’ve mentioned here (or a reader who wants solar), it isn’t too late to redeem yourself. Get yourself a solar system or spearhead the local branch of solar community purchasing and get yourself and your neighbors a discount.

Images via Microsoft Virtual Earth

Image credit: U.S. Department of Defense photograph