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The US wants to build solar farms on unused land. (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by crdz@lemmy.one to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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But why don't we just build them in cities and parking lots especially since they want them within 10 miles of communities? I understand cost but this makes sense to just put them into cities and use the unused land to expand or use for farms and other things vs wasting land to build only solar farms.

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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I feel like solar is a lot quicker to set up then nuclear and harder to shut down if political rivals gain power. I'm a big fan of both so either is a win in my book but I'm hoping as well nuclear gains more traction eventually.

A small silver lining; I think I read an article about how solar farms can foster its own biomes by adding vaste amount of shade. It doesn't make up for the loss but if it can be engineered to sequester more carbon and host fauna, it's not a net loss.

Thinking about it, maybe we need to rethink our approach to solar farms and put the panels on post higher up and more evenly spaced to have a proper undergrowth