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why not use the parking lots and malls and one story buildings?

• jandrese 4y ago
  Parking Lot solar makes a huge amount of sense. Not only does it create power, but it creates shade for the parked vehicles and cuts down on the amount of heat absorbing blacktop visible to the sun. The suburbs are absolutely covered in parking lots that could be converted. Nobody is going to complain that the solar array is despoiling the aesthetics of the suburban parking lot either. Really the only downside is that people will crash their cars into the support structures. It is inevitable, and needs to be accounted for in the design.
  • ssully 4y ago
    I am not saying this to be pedantic, but people will 100% complain about solar arrays in parking lots. Green energy is a politicized and having solar parking lots will be used as a political talking point. It already happens with electric cars, wind farms, and much more.
    • jandrese 4y ago
      Well yes, there are always cranks to complain about everything. But as long as they are just the usual cranks it's not really a problem, especially if you can make them look foolish in front of the planning committee by showing a "before" picture of the hideous parking lot.
    • colordrops 4y ago
      If not pedantic, then what are you trying to communicate? We shouldn't abort good ideas because stupid people are politicized into hating them.