The funny thing is that the energy used in the aluminum to house the solar cells uses about 2 years of solar energy where as I believe that the solar cells themselves take only about 9 months with today’s tech. The issue is moving that energy, that’s why aluminum plants are generally placed right next to hydroelectric plants where energy is cheap. The amount of energy require to make an aluminum soda can is equal to the amount of gasoline it would take to fill that can.
I like this solar parking lot idea, would keep cities cooler thus less AC on in the summer, saves energy on several levels if its implemented on a large enough scale.
People people, you are all missing the real tragedy, there is some poor basted out there with a house still standing who payed for a demolition and came home to find his house still intact.
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