Why Solar Farms Use Green Space, Not Car Parks
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- Chris from Middlesbrough submitted a reader question to The Guardian's Notes & Queries column asking why solar farms are built over green space when car parks could host panels instead.
- The question references a popular current internet meme about putting solar panels over massive car parks, with The Guardian soliciting reader answers for publication next Sunday.
Why it matters: The question crystallises a simple but unresolved trade-off — solar farms on green space versus panels over existing car parks — that the cited internet meme has popularised. The gap between public intuition (roofs and car parks are obvious host sites) and standard practice (green-field developments) is what makes this question keep surfacing in public conversation.
