Exactly. Arizona State University recently covered a bunch of walkways and parking lots with solar panels to both shade the lots while soaking up that delicious

Exactly. Arizona State University recently covered a bunch of walkways and parking lots with solar panels to both shade the lots while soaking up that delicious Arizona sun, which seems both effective and obvious. Putting it on the ground is not the best idea, and not even the most obvious idea. It's just mind-boggling.