• RBWells@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    It’s SO sunny here that I’d probably get better results in my garden by shading it under solar panels, there are plenty of places they help ag, not harm it. You don’t have to space them so tightly or have them completely flat like that picture.

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      3 hours ago

      I can’t imagine. It’s so cloudy here that many properties are evaluated as unsuitable for solar if they have even the slightest other obstructions. Overall solar has a super low adoption rate because most buyers don’t even break even over the life of the installation.

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        2 hours ago

        We have clouds, but in the subtropics solar does pay for itself eventually, the sunlight is so direct. I don’t want panels on my roof (we finally got everything hurricane -rated, metal roof, storm windows, and insurers here will sometimes drop houses with solar panels on the roof) but would like solar carport, back porch, and if it was possible, yeah over the garden but angled for the dappled light - I lose a lot more food plants to too much bright sun, than any other factor.