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[–] morto@piefed.social 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If your city is 25% parking lots, you have a much deeper problem that solar panels won't solve

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 11 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I think it's called North America.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

Yeah, that's the name of the problem.

[–] kurwa@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

The USA has corn fields specifically grown to be turned into FUEL. These crops are a waste. These fields can be used for solar instead.

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

i mean yes. but this isn’t about those problems specifically. but the average american city is apparently 22% parking lot upon a quick look.

if we are going to have nearly a quarter of a city as dead land, might as well as put up solar panels and lessen our dependency on destructive forms of power generation.