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Originally Posted by Christ
Ideally, noone would have to give up land for solar use. At least noone who wasn't willing. When you stop and think about it, and I mean REALLY think about it, the sq. mile area of Nevada is probably less than comparable to the size of the rooftops and unused window spaces of the Federal and Corporate controlled buildings in the US.
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I agree, but I was too lazy to research the square footage (subset) of all the rooftops that are in prime alignment for solar access.
I always imagine installing solar panels as shade for parked cars in the massive concrete wastelands of mall parking lots and on top of the (usually flat) mall roofs. This would give the double advantage of modifying the microclimate by shading the asphalt.
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