[Canary] Kilowatt Ours

[Avram Friedman]

Not to mention that the panels could be used to recharge electric 
vehicles for inner city use.
Avram

Tom Alba wrote:

> The movie screening on Thursday was quite impressive.  There were a 
> lot of great examples of what is or can be done on both personal and 
> societal levels.
>
> The one that really got my attention was the parking lot item.  I had 
> never seen that one.  The parking lots were designed with rows 
> separated by islands, covered with canopies clad with solar panels.  
> Imagine if all those eyesore, huge lots our economic enterprises are 
> so infamous for, were actually doing something productive.
>
> Side benefits would be pedestrian walkways with shade, rain shelter 
> and an esthetic improvement.  (They might even stop all those people 
> from driving their cars diagonally across the lot.)
>
> It seems like an item to promote among city and county authorities as 
> an environmentally responsible prerequisite to any construction 
> proposal that included parking lots.  It could also be promoted among 
> present parking lot owners, as a way to demonstrate their concern for 
> the environment, by upgrading their properties.
>
> Tom
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