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[–] 17 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Why not put solar over parking lots? We have ridiculous minimum parking requirements in the US. Why not lattice them in solar panels and derive energy from them?

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    I'm assuming it's significantly more expensive per Watt to install permanent supports designed to withstand car impacts, and a superstructure that is guaranteed to not collapse for a few decades, than it is to just ancor a few empty barrels in a lake and plop a solar panel on there. And yall need to be getting rid of parking ASAP, not tying more money and energy generation to it.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    We can put them over water to keep lakes vibrant and thriving, over parking lots or some uncovered roads to provide shade and generally keep the temperature down, on buildings and warehouses to power entire sections of a city, but oil exists so that’s all blocked by red tape and restrictions.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    Now waiting for the inevitable idiot that vandalizes this because they’re brainwashed by fossil fuel interests. We need a word to describe non billionaires that do the biding of the mega corporations against their and humanity’s best interests. I guess class traitor?

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  • something, something, solar and wind for decades and no one smart enough to invest.

    countries like Australia, the home owner produces the entire peak hour needs for their community. early and heavy adoption really made a huge difference there, but in the US people refused to invest into anything new (unless it was made by a techbro like apple) and have stagnated their own needs for decades. medical, electrical, transportation, water, sewage. every area of infrastructure in the US is borderline ancient and no one cares because "it works for now"...

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    The way I understood it my state has been moving to more solar after being big into wind for awhile. Im really happy we have going toward a nice mix of renewables.

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