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‘If 1.5m Germans have them there must be something in it’: how balcony solar is taking off (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

albedo problem

Especially when you consider looking at the average city from above .... the surface is almost 70 to 80% either asphalt or concrete. The average city is literally just a giant solar heat collector. If we didn't do anything about solar panels ... it would be just as efficient if we figured out how to just heat water and use the steam power instead.