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> just seemed like every single parking shade and roof could be covered in solar Climbing around putting panels on top of everything is a lot more work than ju
by tbrownaw 2y ago
> just seemed like every single parking shade and roof could be covered in solar
Climbing around putting panels on top of everything is a lot more work than just putting them in a big field on the ground.
- PaulHoule 2y agoCould be less environmental impact to install on land that is already used. The desert is habitat for all sorts of species of various level of endangerment.
- ein0p 2y agoAnd then cleaning them every once in a while. That’s why I don’t have any - cleaning the gutters on my house is $400 nowadays ($300 before Biden). Cleaning solar is probably twice that, and it’d need to be done every year - there’s a lot of vegetation around and everything is covered with pollen every spring and with leaves every fall. Even once-a-year cleaning would be like half of my yearly electricity bill.
- onlypassingthru 2y agoJust having rooftop solar panels on a building actually passively cools the roof underneath since you're basically building a shade structure for the building. The initial install is certainly more work than putting the panels in a field but the bonus cooling from the free shade may offset or negate the additional expense.