• @Crashumbc
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    21 month ago

    This idea has been around 20 years…

    The problem has always been cost.

      • @Crashumbc
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        11 month ago

        It’s not the cost of the panels, it’s the cost of the structure to hold them. And the maintenance involved.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 month ago

          There are solar generating facilities literally everywhere now. To mount them high enough to park under is a miniscule cost difference. There are also already massive parking lots with covers all over the place. We have probably 5,000+ covered parking spaces at the airport in my city, for example