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You're forgetting many people live in apartments in dense urban areas, and basically the only place they CAN put solar panels IS on the top of their car. Of cou
by zksmk 6y ago
You're forgetting many people live in apartments in dense urban areas, and basically the only place they CAN put solar panels IS on the top of their car. Of course, they could just buy/use electricity produced elsewhere in dedicated solar farms, but that doesn't make you self-reliant, and could in theory cost the end user more money, depending on maintenance and cost of the vehicle.
- csunbird 6y agoYou can not get good sunlight at dense places anyways. Almost always there is going to be a shadow.
- zksmk 6y agoUndoubtedly for some cases, but I'm talking from my perspective of "commie-blocks” with large open green spaces between the towers. Sure you could in theory put the panels in those open green public spaces but that's neither legal nor would it jibe well with their whole raison d'etre.
- hexa00 6y agoThese places also tend to have underground parking :(
- mjhagen 6y agoor not much need for cars at all
- SyzygistSix 6y agoThis. We'll always need a certain amount of cars for delivery and people with disabilities but the majority of people can walk or bicycle in cities. It would do us some good, in fact. Not just the additional exercise but also bringing back a culture that is less in a hurry, less time -enslaved, and less disconnected from the outside. Our cultural disconnect from reality is as much at fault regarding global warming as our technology is.
- mrfredward 6y ago>You're forgetting many people live in apartments in dense urban areas How much sunlight do they get in parking garages?
- stefan_ 6y agoThankfully we don't need many people in cities to put solar panels anywhere because everyone is much better off putting them on a field in some deserted area where they can get optimal exposure.
- decker 6y agoDon't dense urban areas tend to have tall buildings that block the sunlight?