Solar Panels Over Car Parks: Reader Asks Why Not
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- The Guardian's 'Notes and queries' series posed a reader question from Chris in Middlesbrough asking why solar farms are built on green space rather than covering car parks
- A popular internet meme cited in the question proposes placing solar panels over car parks as an alternative to greenfield solar farms
- Reader replies are invited via comments or email to nq@theguardian.com, with selected answers scheduled for publication the following Sunday
- Photographer Justin Paget (Getty Images) is credited for the aerial sunset drone shot of a UK solar farm, with low sunlight reflecting off the panels
Why it matters: The piece surfaces a viral tension between a meme-driven car-park siting alternative and the real-world status quo of greenfield solar farms, then crowdsources the technical explanation to readers with a next-Sunday publication deadline rather than providing its own answer.
