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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/67515975
Obvious choice
The zoo in my city did this. Not only does it generate power, it saves power by keeping the cars cool so people don't need to use A/C to bring it down to a normal temperature.
Build separated bike lanes with solar panels on top. Now you're making energy and people can commute by bicycle more comfortably in all weather.
Or put up trees, those help. I'd put them on people's roofs, connected to their own electricity.
Well, it's not either/or.
The idea is to put them literally everywhere, so you have enough solar power for everything even on cloudy days in winter.
Additional options include:
- Partially cover agricultural fields that get too much sun (yes, it is possible for a plant to get too much sun, depending on the species)
- Cover water reservoirs with floating panels, which both cools the panel (improving its efficiency and lifespan) and lowers evaporative water losses.
- Cover patches of desert, which get a ton of sun.
- Cover rooftops.
Regarding point 1 thats called Agrivoltaics for those interested.
Lots of plants are happier with some shade.
Deserts are ecosystems that must be protected. If you must put them in fields, incentivize farmers who grow corn for ethanol production to install solar instead.
Let's actually stop giving out ethanol incentives. Shits dumb
Yeah, but also both. In Europe we don't have that many car parks, we have underground parking below buildings. So yeah, we still need solar parks.
It's more that we should cover more infrastructure, since that area has already been claimed by humans.
That too, just saying that in Europe that's not enough since we are generally more efficient with space already. Still, all the shaded parking lots I've seen where I live already have solar panels above.
Yeah, America is shit
Cover bicycle parking instead!
It has become law in France, any new carpark of a given size must be covered with solar panels.
