In a decarbonized future, the 15M acres of solar would supply a bit under 40% of primary energy.

Every single parking space in the US is 7.5M acres, and it's not all usable. So 10% more likely.

March 26, 2026 - 02:05 UTC

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We have different estimates on the total area of parking in the US, but I bet we both agree that there's lots of opportunities to co-locate solar on land to make it dual purpose.

This isn't about silver bullets. It's about pointing out unrealized opportunities with little downside.
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Parking lots, industrial and residential rooftops. If every building is offsetting at least some of its own power needs that reduces the area needed to fill in the rest.

And as noted in the thread deploying solar in a farm field can still leave room for planting.
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