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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I disagree, only thinking we should cover EVERYTHING - any human building / structure etc should have solar all over. yeah, it's not cheap to build them, but we should stop playing fuckaround and get it done, it'll be cheaper to do it today than tomorrow.

But re: fields - they can do double duty via agrivoltaics - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrivoltaics

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

They can, but when you have any alternative, Agrivoltaics aren't very appealing.

You frequently end up deliberately setting up solar panels in suboptimal ways to let the plants get the light. So you end up having fewer panels and those panels not able to be used to their full potential at a given site.

So I absolutely vote for parking lots and rooftops to be the first order of business. Yes, Agrivoltaics as it comes to it if the alternative is losing cropland, but it seems like we have a long way to go before we have to make such compromises.