Fuck cars, but this is how you deploy solar.
Six Flags has installed one of the largest solar carports in the US - 12.37-megawatt - the annual power use of both the amusement park and neighboring Hurricane Harbor Los Angeles
Submitted 3 weeks ago by remington@beehaw.org to technology@beehaw.org
https://electrek.co/2026/10/05/six-flags-has-installed-one-of-the-largest-solar-carports-in-the-us/
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warm@kbin.earth 3 weeks ago
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I’ve been saying this since the whole solar road bullshit started.
Stupid cities required parking be built at each building, there should require solar over that parking next.
warm@kbin.earth 3 weeks ago
Absolutely. The solar road and rail things are just startups trying to make some quick cash. The real solution is to add shade with solar and put it on top of buildings. Even fields of solar is good, you can use a small amount of space for massive gains. It's all push back from the right, who are in the pockets of billionaires, otherwise it's a simple problem to solve.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Or you could just build a multi level parking space.
Why waste so much space for only ground level?They could rent and so much land for developers to use instead of just one. Weird things the US does…
warm@kbin.earth 3 weeks ago
The US is indeed backwards.
Casuls_Die_Thrice@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
If it was common practice to put solar panels over every big parking lot in the US, renewables could pull their weight so much better.
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Would even reduce fuel usage, as you don’t need to cool down your mobile oven after heating up in the sun
VinegarChunks@lemmus.org 3 weeks ago
And the cars would stay nice and cool!
reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
They have solar over the six flags lots nearest to me too, definitely makes walking in the parking lot more comfortable and saves the car from going into oven mode!
viking@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
The solar wave is coming to the US. It makes too much financial sense. Fuck big oil!
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
On a cloud-free day with ideal sun angles, that’s a theoretical max of 60MWh/day. Just to be conservative, let’s go with half that on average over the year. That’s ~11TWh/year. Yeah, that should handle a couple of large amusement parks.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 3 weeks ago
And while it was an investment to do, they essentially just zeroed one of their largest bills. Why isn’t everyone with a large parking lot doing this again?
deft@lemmy.wtf 3 weeks ago
Because most of their money isn’t liquid they can’t actually afford it
altphoto@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
They need solar on the lines to every rollercoaster. Including the one that kills people lol… Not lol. I rode the X2 and its fine. But people who are susceptible to high Gs should not ride it.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
As of today, “the one that kills people” can soberly be rejoined with “which one?”
altphoto@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
But then there’s this theoretical one :
altphoto@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
I meant brain injury :
rumba@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Basted on the east coast parks, the solar probably brings in more money than the park :)
eah@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com 3 weeks ago
Seems a pretty solid use of space, if you’re gonna have all this paved space for cars anybow why not keep them cool and generate power at the same time?
Sxan@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
On no I won’t be able to charge my Aptera.
But, seriously… saddest vaporware product ever
Can you imagine how much energy Disney, especially Disney Florida, could generate? Jeebus. It has a parking lot þe size of Delaware.
its_me_xiphos@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Disneyland Paris did it.
Disney World has a solar farm, just not over their parking lots. I imagine there’s a good reason, but then again…Its the most corporate and lackluster of all their properties. They have no incentive (Florida) and will instead build more faceless hotels without solar.
I wrote a little piece on the day they hit near deadly wet bulb temps and their AC wouldn’t work in the extreme humidity and heat. Someone do the math, but I wager you could die walking a cross the parking lot in that environment. Its the place they need solutions to this crisis just to remain a plausible tourist destination. And yet…nope.