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watersbtoday at 12:35 AM3 repliesview on HN

In Phoenix, Arizona, there are solar panels over the parking lots at since of the grocery stores. Makes a huge difference in survivability when you get back to the car.

(Without huge infrastructure dedicated to car welfare, Phoenix is uninhabitable.)


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fouctoday at 2:25 AM

Phoenix is uninhabitable precisely because it's entirely optimized for car life from what I heard? (i.e. massively spread out, no walkability, etc)

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sneaktoday at 2:06 AM

Phoenix as well as other similar places (such as Las Vegas where I live part of the year) have an outsized benefit from installing solar compared to normal places. We basically never have to deal with rain or clouds. Installing solar here is a total no-brainer.