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solar panels and parking lots

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Covering large parking lots with solar panels is an idea that goes back decades but in America at least it’s an idea that has never really taken off.

What is the reason for that? Is it due to the overall cost or is there something else that keeps Walmart, Target, Costco, Sams Club, Malls, etc. from covering their parking lots with these panels and selling the power?

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cogman@lemmy.world
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The supports also need to withstand being rammed by drunks in dodge rams.

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MagicShel@programming.dev
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I think Target and McDonald’s have figured out the solution to that: surround the supports with concrete pillars.

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shalafi@lemmy.world
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Bollards is the word for that.

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Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world
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You underestimate the power of the Dodge Ram

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papalonian@lemmy.world
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That ain’t a bollard, them giant concrete balls outside of target, now thems are bollards

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solrize@lemmy.world
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Maybe if they are moveable, they can dodge the ramming.

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intensely_human@lemm.ee
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Should have named it the ram dodge instead.

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