Two Minnesota solar farms planted 66 native species under their panels. Five years of counting revealed a staggering result that nobody had written into the engineering plan.
then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour’s soybeans
They’re a no brainer if you have land. Even farmers who don’t want to cover their crops, I see solar panels fitting perfectly over drainage ditches/ creeks / edges of their land. Areas they can’t farm, but could generate a ton of free electricity not just for themselves but also sell back. Then also over water means less evaporation, lower water bills for them.
frankly at this point i wouldn’t be surprised if part of it is literally that it would make people think “oh, things can be better, maybe we should make more things better”.
They’re a no brainer if you have land. Even farmers who don’t want to cover their crops, I see solar panels fitting perfectly over drainage ditches/ creeks / edges of their land. Areas they can’t farm, but could generate a ton of free electricity not just for themselves but also sell back. Then also over water means less evaporation, lower water bills for them.
I’ll just never understand why in the US we have so many parking lots and we’re not putting solar in most of them.
If you cover the parking lot, then how am I supposed to enjoy my 140°F car after letting it sit in the sun for 8 hours at work? We can’t have that.
I’ve seen people put solar on carports, so the idea does seem to be picking up traction at least.
Yeah I’ve seen it happen in news articles far away from me. I’d love to see it become more common.
frankly at this point i wouldn’t be surprised if part of it is literally that it would make people think “oh, things can be better, maybe we should make more things better”.
Depressingly, probably true. I fucking hate it here lately. And I live in a “progressive liberal” area…