We can place solar collectors above already built land. A mall or Wal Mart or the rest has photosynthetic dead area anyway.
LC On Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 7:46:49 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > This quote is from today's issue of the New York Times, it's about a > company called BlueWave that has found a way to use the same land for both > farming and solar cell electrical production, and environmentalists oppose > the idea of course: > > "*chapters of the Audubon nonprofit environmental organization have been > vocal about the technology’s potential effect on wildlife. Michelle Manion, > the vice president of policy and advocacy for Mass Audubon (which is not > affiliated with the National Audubon Society), said that while her > organization supported renewable energy, including solar within farming > operations, “we want to maximize the placement of ground-mounted solar on > some of our lands that are the least ecologically sensitive first.” And > there are general concerns that even with dual-use solar panels, arable > land may be lost, though BlueWave says that the land can be reverted to > pure agriculture uses once the solar leases — typically 20 to 30 years — > expire*." > > John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis > <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> > > 961 > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/22a58b84-786e-4892-8862-93fbede85548n%40googlegroups.com.
