• Crashumbc@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      It’s not the cost of the panels, it’s the cost of the structure to hold them. And the maintenance involved.

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        4 months ago

        There are solar generating facilities literally everywhere now. To mount them high enough to park under is a miniscule cost difference. There are also already massive parking lots with covers all over the place. We have probably 5,000+ covered parking spaces at the airport in my city, for example