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Just kind of makes sense no? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This idea has been around 20 years...

The problem has always been cost.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Costs that have dropped precipitously over the past 20 years

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months 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