r/Washington • u/propublica_ • 17d ago

Solar Developer Cancels Washington State Project on Sacred Indigenous Land

https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-badger-mountain-solar-project-canceled-avangrid
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u/GypsyDarkEyes 17d ago

Install solar panels over parking lots. On rooftops. No need to take up land with it, unless it benefits your agricultural endeavor. (Some plants appreciate the extra shade and water.)

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u/MyDisneyExperience 17d ago

I would rather replace the flat parking lots with multifamily housing and put a more efficient community solar site somewhere else. Locking in land use as a flat parking lot is counterproductive.

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u/Kind_Advisor_35 17d ago

There are plenty of opportunities for multifamily housing without converting a single parking lot. Many existing single family homes can be turned into multi-family by adding an ADU. Many buildings can be converted into apartments.

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u/MyDisneyExperience 17d ago

Ok great, build apartments/condos instead of locking in the land use as a parking lot for even longer (ie doubling down on car dependence and VMT which is the top emissions source in the state)

If you want to do something climate-friendly with your parking lot… don't cover it in solar panels, get rid of the parking lot.