silence7 to Solarpunk TravelEnglish · 6 months agoThe Dutch are riding their bikes on two new solar cycle pathselectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down14
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkThe Dutch are riding their bikes on two new solar cycle pathselectrek.cosilence7 to Solarpunk TravelEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareVirtual Insanity @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months agoThe energy required to produce the solar panels is huge, is even go as far to say worse than concrete. The panels are usually embedded in a resin, or urethane or some plastic like material, extra thick too, to withstand the traffic over it. All that combined with the reduced energy yeild from the compromised use situation… It’s not great. Solar on rooftops has far higher output per area. This better return somewhat offsets the energy that goes into them.
The energy required to produce the solar panels is huge, is even go as far to say worse than concrete.
The panels are usually embedded in a resin, or urethane or some plastic like material, extra thick too, to withstand the traffic over it.
All that combined with the reduced energy yeild from the compromised use situation… It’s not great.
Solar on rooftops has far higher output per area. This better return somewhat offsets the energy that goes into them.