US ‘Solar Zones’ in Place, Ready for Big Projects | Peak

US ‘Solar Zones’ in Place, Ready for Big Projects and big$

I wonder if as much attention is being given to home or local based systems, as opposed to mega-scale ones? I hear its the case that many US jurisdictions still actively hinder and block solar at the individual level though various means. In any event, amerika is such a mess in terms of its unsustainable cities. Crumbling urban area one hand, and toxic, ugly suburbia on the other. Solar cant save suburbia, even if every roof were wired yesterday for it. Yes, it might reduce the load on the current system if that were the case, but the US many for-profit private power utils wouldnt care for that one bit. This may help in part, explain why all those juicy glut of chinese solar panels arent getting where they are needed most. But again, even if they did, its not really clear they would address the underlying problem. Namely fossil-fueled car dependent towns and cities. Solar ...

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