▲ 230 ▼ The US government opens 22 million acres of federal lands to solar (electrek.co) submitted 2 years ago by ono@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] vinylshrapnel@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) This is way bigger than you think it is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) It’s just frustrating when people talk about solar they seem to be ok with wrecking the environment. It would be relatively easy to retrofit parking lots. People also talk about turning roads and sidewalks into solar. It’s like parking is some sort of untouchable structure that we can’t demand be part of the solution. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 3 points 2 years ago I had to use the environment to destroy the environment. It nearly killed me. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hugin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago It's much more expensive and slower to put a solar roof on a parking lot then it is to drop it in a field. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) It’s just frustrating when people talk about solar they seem to be ok with wrecking the environment. It would be relatively easy to retrofit parking lots. People also talk about turning roads and sidewalks into solar. It’s like parking is some sort of untouchable structure that we can’t demand be part of the solution. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 3 points 2 years ago I had to use the environment to destroy the environment. It nearly killed me. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hugin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago It's much more expensive and slower to put a solar roof on a parking lot then it is to drop it in a field. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 3 points 2 years ago I had to use the environment to destroy the environment. It nearly killed me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago It's much more expensive and slower to put a solar roof on a parking lot then it is to drop it in a field. permalink fedilink source parent