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Miami_Vice-Grip t1_izfhopb wrote

Reply to comment by richg0404 in Residents ‘Horrified’ Over Proposed Solar Farm Near Waltham/Lexington Line by ak47workaccnt

I mean, I'm sure they account for this when they design/install them. Some of you folks are talking about this like it hasn't already been a thing for several years in many places.

Like all these "what ifs" can be answered by just looking at the current state of the art because it already exists. And besides, if a random redditor can come up with a concern or question, I'm sure the professional construction and solar developers have also considered it already. Are mistakes made anyway across the industry anyway? Sure. Is that a reasonable excuse to prohibit new development? Not really.

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richg0404 t1_izg30kj wrote

If course they've thought about these issues.

My point was that it isn't just a matter of putting up the solar panels over a parking lot and there is a ton of savings because they no longer have to plow and salt.

It has been done in plenty of lots so there is no reason to think that it can't be done in others. I too would rather see it in lots than on cleared first plots .

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Miami_Vice-Grip t1_izgi3id wrote

> My point was that it isn't just a matter of putting up the solar panels over a parking lot and there is a ton of savings because they no longer have to plow and salt.

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>It has been done in plenty of lots so there is no reason to think that it can't be done in others.

So what's your point again? You literally just acknowledged that it's already happening and hasn't had any of the issues you're supposedly concerned about, right? I think we're past the need to bring up already accounted for "flaws" in their implementation, so to me it seems like you're being either an anti-solar fearmonger at worst or a negative nancy for no actual reason at best.

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richg0404 t1_izgnhfr wrote

Yeah, the places that have done it have dealt with the issues but it wasn't as easy as the posters on reddit seem to think it is.

There are plenty of responses in this thread saying essentially "put the panels in parking lots and you'll save tons of money because the snow won't land on the ground.

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