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This is already working in France. It provides energy, Saves agricultural fields, and protects the cars from sun damage. Win-Win-Win. The fields can also host windmills without impairing crop yields. That gives the farmers a cash crop of electricity to sell, in addition to their primary crops.

Scan news articles for infants that died in cars parked in the sun. Solar is a win at many levels.

It's not an either or. Cost of construction & connections are two of the issues for siting of multiple panel structures. So funding needs to be fully accessible. Where practical, Agrivoltaics on farmland is preferable.

Do both. Covering the fields in the right way allows enough light for the plants but stops the midday heat from cooking them.

When I lived in Texas ( Austin ) all the airport parking was covered.

France has mandated solar panels on all new car parks over a certain size. Meanwhile the UK scrapped their plan for the same due to unrealized savings ... I think they lost the plot there in the UK.

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A study in Germany showed that PV Parks accumulated plenty of bird species, insects etc...so they double as some nature sanctuary

I saw one covering grapes. The light gets through.

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So frustrating, knowing we could and should be the world's leader in innovation, technology, and all the rest. Greedy corporations like GE and Chevron, and their grip on politics, is why we aren't.

Amen!

How about covering every rooftop in America, either with solar panels or grass?

This has baffled me for YEARS.

Do both. theconversation.com/how-shading-...

And the defunct shopping malls.

Farmers are making good money off of leasing their land. So much in fact it’s helping farmers from having to sell their land. Yeah, we can add solar to parking in addition to farmland. Any additional renewable energy we can create will help lower energy prices.

This is brilliant !