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Sammy_Roth t1_j7w21oo wrote on February 9, 2023 at 8:29 PM

Reply to comment by inkslingerben in I’m Sammy Roth, an L.A. Times reporter trying to figure out where to put all the solar and wind farms we'll need to fight climate change. Is farmland the answer? AMA! by losangelestimes

Hey there, great question -- I've heard about this but not sure it's been done here. Definitely huge potential for solar on land around highways. Good story about that from Canary Media: https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/gigawatts-of-solar-could-be-built-in-the-open-land-around-u-s-interstate-highways.

Objective-Lawyer3391 t1_j7w74hc wrote on February 9, 2023 at 9:01 PM

This the one you saw? https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/10v291j/in_south_korea_the_solar_panels_in_the_middle_of/

Sammy_Roth t1_j7w87sm wrote on February 9, 2023 at 9:07 PM

I personally hadn't seen this -- super cool, thank you for sharing!