Re:Costa Rica has gone 76 days using 100% renewable electricity
by devicenull on Friday September 09, 2016 @12:11PM
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There is no reason to make them tiny: http://solairegeneration.com/project/rutgers-university/
You just build the solar panel mounts like you would usually build lighting mounts (big concrete bases).
Height is less of a concern in some parking lots (where it's virtually all cars)
Re:Costa Rica has gone 76 days using 100% renewable electricity
by Xylakant on Friday September 09, 2016 @12:01PM
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> They underestimate their vehicle height all the time
There's a simple way to fix that: Have a solid steel bar slightly lower than the max clearance at the entrance. People that can't drive will notice there without causing further damage.
Re:Costa Rica has gone 76 days using 100% renewable electricity
by kbenson on Friday September 09, 2016 @12:23PM
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Not to mention multi-level parking lots, which have height restrictions imposed by the structure itself. I'm sure most people wouldn't mind having the top level covered as well.
1) people cannot drive. The amount of dents or other damage from incompetent drivers done to a concrete-built park house is crazy, I don't want to imagine the damage they'll do to tiny aluminium/steel constructions holding the panels
2) people cannot drive. They underestimate their vehicle height all the time - just google for "can opener bridge". Just a couple days ago a truck driver massively damaged the lighting in a Munich tunnel because he forgot that the excavator on the flatbed was higher than the truck...