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		bryanlarsen on Sept 3, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Solar will get too cheap to connect to the power g... > Cities are going to need more power than falls on their own roofs. The US has >100,000 square miles of cities. Estimates are that ~20,000 square miles of solar panels would be needed to power the US.

happyopossum on Sept 4, 2024 [–]

And what percentage of those cities is actually rooftops? Looking at a few satellite images, it seems like it’s in the low single digits. Lots of parks, roads, and other uses…

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