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It’s ok if solar doesn't work everywhere, even in the places where it’s optimal it’s barely being used right now. There’s a lot of work to be done. Even if we j

It’s ok if solar doesn't work everywhere, even in the places where it’s optimal it’s barely being used right now. There’s a lot of work to be done. Even if we just covered the country’s parking lots with solar awnings we’d be producing huge amounts of power.

barney54 4y ago
The problem with solar awnings is the cost. It's much more cost-effective to install solar on a field or an open area than a parking lot. Parking lot installations much more expensive because of the additional infrastructure needed.
- mrguyorama 4y ago
  As we phase out gasoline powered vehicles over the next... like forever, we will have less use for ethanol produced from corn syrup, nevermind we should be reducing corn syrup in food production as well. We should be paying midwestern corn farmers to replace their corn fields with solar panels. People complain about so much when it comes to green energy. "Oh transmission losses will eat into it so we can't transmit it too far", well why can't we fill nevada with stupidly more solar than we need so we don't care about losses.
  - mwint 4y ago
    Because if you try to build anything in Nevada, someone will scream about rare desert tortoises or something and you’ll be stuck in court forever.
- micromacrofoot 4y ago
  sure and we also have plenty of unused space to do so, my intention was to show that rooftop solar isn’t the end all be all - I don’t care where they go, we just need to start putting more out there
jcampbell1 4y ago
Ideas such as spend $800k on parking lot shade structures and then attach $200k of solar are inferior compared to buying some pasture land for $4000 and installing $996k of solar panels. Are we trying to solve CO2 emissions or is it more important that you get to see the panels every time you shop at CostCo?
- micromacrofoot 4y ago
  public awareness and trends shouldn’t be discredited, but if it’s cheaper to build solar in an open pasture than let’s do that too!

barney54 4y ago

The problem with solar awnings is the cost. It's much more cost-effective to install solar on a field or an open area than a parking lot. Parking lot installations much more expensive because of the additional infrastructure needed.

mrguyorama 4y ago
As we phase out gasoline powered vehicles over the next... like forever, we will have less use for ethanol produced from corn syrup, nevermind we should be reducing corn syrup in food production as well. We should be paying midwestern corn farmers to replace their corn fields with solar panels. People complain about so much when it comes to green energy. "Oh transmission losses will eat into it so we can't transmit it too far", well why can't we fill nevada with stupidly more solar than we need so we don't care about losses.
- mwint 4y ago
  Because if you try to build anything in Nevada, someone will scream about rare desert tortoises or something and you’ll be stuck in court forever.
micromacrofoot 4y ago
sure and we also have plenty of unused space to do so, my intention was to show that rooftop solar isn’t the end all be all - I don’t care where they go, we just need to start putting more out there

jcampbell1 4y ago

Ideas such as spend $800k on parking lot shade structures and then attach $200k of solar are inferior compared to buying some pasture land for $4000 and installing $996k of solar panels. Are we trying to solve CO2 emissions or is it more important that you get to see the panels every time you shop at CostCo?

micromacrofoot 4y ago
public awareness and trends shouldn’t be discredited, but if it’s cheaper to build solar in an open pasture than let’s do that too!