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Something I expect to see is a lot more highly localized solar installations - namely parking lots. While I don't think it's financially viable at the home leve
by beat 7y ago
Something I expect to see is a lot more highly localized solar installations - namely parking lots. While I don't think it's financially viable at the home level, I think it'd be great at the office or business level, where there's often large outdoor parking lots. A quick solar panel installation (maybe with some local storage) could power the building. It's the sort of thing where the long-term cost factors are so appealing it might become standard with new construction, and certainly appeals to manufacturers to make easy-install products specifically for this market.
- IAmEveryone 7y agoSomething I hope to see a lot less of is parking lots. Eliminate street-level parking in cities, and density could double (in US cities smaller than, say, Chicago). Average distances could be cut in half, making public transport or even biking or walking possible for far more trips than today. "We only need cars because others have cars" isn't entirely true, or there would have never been cars in the first place. But it's not entirely untrue, either.