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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 installat
by 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 agoAs 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 agoBecause 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 agosure 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