Paper-Thin Solar Makes Any Surface Photovoltaic

Re:Paper-Thin Solar Makes Any Surface Photovoltaic by eldaisfish on Thursday December 22, 2022 @11:10AM (#34094855)

ressources are not infinite and framing the problem as one of good being the enemy of perfect is disingenuous. Rooftop solar is a terrible idea when compared to the alternative - utility scale solar, installed at the right location, in the right way, with economies of scale; all while achieving everything you mentioned.

Rooftop solar has numerous problems, starting with structural considerations, scale, shading, imperfect angles, local grid congestion and so on. Why have everyone waste money on this when we could just install solar farms?

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Re:Paper-Thin Solar Makes Any Surface Photovoltaic by adgjlsfhk1 on Thursday December 22, 2022 @11:44AM (#34095328)

because even with the inefficiencies it more than pays for itself.

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Re:Paper-Thin Solar Makes Any Surface Photovoltaic by cnntth on Thursday December 22, 2022 @11:50AM (#34095412)

To bring it back: Governmental policy vs individual choice? If I, a consumer of electricity want to reduce my GHG impact, I can only lobby the source of my electricity so much. Rooftop solar might be less efficient than gridscale for the system, but it's something the individual can do.

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Re:Paper-Thin Solar Makes Any Surface Photovoltaic by r_hoods_ghost on Thursday December 22, 2022 @01:34PM (#34096722)

Because we're not installing solar farms and are installing rooftop solar in many locations because land is limited and expensive and roofs aren't? Not everywhere has large amounts of empty land waiting to be built on

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