Covering walls(and roof) in metal(corrugated/trapeze, many options that still look good) will do much of the same and it is a lot lower maintenance(working on it, roof and one wall done)

This metal can also be painted with whatever paint you wish...

Ground fault switches do on occasion trip when lightning strikes too close to the house(usually still rater far away from the house) so I think I'll skip grounding my ass while I sleep...

Did however have an interesting idea the other day, what if you ground the needles used for acupuncture...................