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by ip26 6y ago
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It's not a small land area by any means, but it seems a clear case of "lesser evil".
Rooftops, i.e. rooftop solar, are also already "lost" when it comes to nature.
- AstralStorm 6y agoBy calculations, perfect rooftop coverage would produce up to 8% of total energy required. In Poland. The cost would be immense. See, even with superb photovoltaics only single story homes have the right area to power use ratio to make sense to use solar as main power source. These cause transportation problems that probably eat all the benefit...
- ip26 6y agoI know rooftop solar is not the grand solution, it's just a little piece. We would indeed have to build out solar & wind farms of appreciable size. But I cannot fathom how the entire total global roof area can only power 8% of Poland. Evidence?
- osn9363739 6y agoWind Turbines get mostly put on existing farm land (or out at sea? or are they clearing forest to put them up? I also don't see why farmland and solar can't live side by side. mixed livestock farming and panels higher above the ground seems doable. I'm sure it's possible to grow crops under solar panels too provided you're not blocking all the light. Google shows there are some studies on it I don't have time to read right now. This ignores cost of course. but I'm arguing against the idea that we don't have the space.