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You don’t have to do the whole lot at once, it could be done one segment at a time. And many lots are underutilized most of the time, built to accommodate the n

You don’t have to do the whole lot at once, it could be done one segment at a time. And many lots are underutilized most of the time, built to accommodate the need at peak times of year.

zdragnar 4y ago
That means really inefficient scheduling of the different teams involved in making such a project happen. It'll drive up the cost significantly to have them start and stop multiple times, perhaps to the point of making it entirely uneconomical. Labor is already the largest cost of solar projects, after all
- Teever 4y ago
  Comments like this bug me. If America had this kind of attitude during world war two it never would have supplied the world with the machines needed to win the war. Not only is this easier than previous mobilization against existential threats but we have better technologies for communicating and computing than ever before. If the logistical problem of coordinating underpaid illegal undocumented workers to shift between the walmart parking lot and home depot parking lot with surplus workers going and banging out a few McDonald's and Denny's restaurants is too much I gotta say we're fucked man.
  - ncmncm 4y ago
    It is just concern trolling.
- ncmncm 4y ago
  None of that is true. They can do one or two rows at a time without blocking use of the rest of the lot, and without stopping and starting. Labor is most commonly a tiny fraction of the cost of a solar installation, home rooftop excepted.
  - zdragnar 4y ago
    You need to break up the asphalt for trenches, dig down and set cement foundation for the solar frames, run electrical, repave and install the panels themselves. Oh, and once the fresh asphalt is cured, repaint the lines. You are much better off doing an entire parking lot at once, or maybe half at a time, than you are doing multiple sections, as that work isn't all done be the same people.
    - ncmncm 4y ago
      No, you don't need trenches. No, you don't need to repave. Or repaint lines. Construction is mainly making post holes and placing and truing posts, and pouring concrete. Concrete can be poured at day's end. Electricals can go in last, after framing for the whole lot is up, also a row or two at a time. Wiring does not need to be trenched; it is out of the weather at the ceiling, and more accessible for service. It is always easy to think of a dumb way to do anything. Admittedly, some people habitually stop there. Some contractors, even.

You don’t have to do the whole lot at once, it could be done one segment at a time. And many lots are underutilized most of the time, built to accommodate the need at peak times of year.

zdragnar 4y ago

That means really inefficient scheduling of the different teams involved in making such a project happen. It'll drive up the cost significantly to have them start and stop multiple times, perhaps to the point of making it entirely uneconomical. Labor is already the largest cost of solar projects, after all

Teever 4y ago
Comments like this bug me. If America had this kind of attitude during world war two it never would have supplied the world with the machines needed to win the war. Not only is this easier than previous mobilization against existential threats but we have better technologies for communicating and computing than ever before. If the logistical problem of coordinating underpaid illegal undocumented workers to shift between the walmart parking lot and home depot parking lot with surplus workers going and banging out a few McDonald's and Denny's restaurants is too much I gotta say we're fucked man.
- ncmncm 4y ago
  It is just concern trolling.
ncmncm 4y ago
None of that is true. They can do one or two rows at a time without blocking use of the rest of the lot, and without stopping and starting. Labor is most commonly a tiny fraction of the cost of a solar installation, home rooftop excepted.
- zdragnar 4y ago
  You need to break up the asphalt for trenches, dig down and set cement foundation for the solar frames, run electrical, repave and install the panels themselves. Oh, and once the fresh asphalt is cured, repaint the lines. You are much better off doing an entire parking lot at once, or maybe half at a time, than you are doing multiple sections, as that work isn't all done be the same people.
  - ncmncm 4y ago
    No, you don't need trenches. No, you don't need to repave. Or repaint lines. Construction is mainly making post holes and placing and truing posts, and pouring concrete. Concrete can be poured at day's end. Electricals can go in last, after framing for the whole lot is up, also a row or two at a time. Wiring does not need to be trenched; it is out of the weather at the ceiling, and more accessible for service. It is always easy to think of a dumb way to do anything. Admittedly, some people habitually stop there. Some contractors, even.