The only reason I would be against this is because it disincentivizes removing large parking lots, which are primarily a waste of space. If we could replace some of that wasted space with housing (which could also have solar slapped on it) that would be ideal.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Parking lots ain't going anywhere.

[–] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Oh yeah buddy what temp is it outside rn?

Asphalt loves heating cities up

[–] protist@mander.xyz 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This article is literally about shading the asphalt

[–] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah but asphalt is usually chosen due to it being the cheap and easy option, I can't imagine anywhere that hasn't already used concrete is happy to spend more on their parking lot unless forced, and tbh if of there's enough solar panels in the world to match US's parking lot surface area

[–] protist@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

The energy generated by commercial solar installations is then sold, generating income. No one's expecting parking lot owners to do this out of the goodness of their heart

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