As a solar engineer myself that started in utility scale solar and just left their first Commercial & Industrial (C&I) solar job, residential, commercial, and industrial solar is the best use.

you center generation as close as possible to utilization, minimizing transmission and distribution.
land is re-used, allowing other lands for other uses like rewilding, reforesting, and conservation.

You still have other problems like large power users, but you cannot ignore the benefits.

[–] whelk@retrolemmy.com 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I hate that this even came to my mind, but I bet a significant percentage of people would actually be discouraged by point 2. I'm all in on it, go team save (and restore) the environment, but it seems like so many people sneer and get turned off just by hearing words such as "rewilding" as if it's somehow working against their best interests

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To the capitalist, everything is an asset that can make money, including land. No money making in returning land to nature, unless a positive externality is introduced by a tax credit or something. Not a perfect solution by far, but rewilding is a necessary pill to swallow because we're in the sixth mass extinction and are using land for things like cows and pigs which is super water and fertilizer intensive.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Land is their favourite asset because all they have to do own it and charge you for the privilege of being there.

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

As a side note, landlords are a disease

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Theres a cure for them, though.