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Trains in Switzerland Are Now Running Over Solar Panels in a First-of-Its-Kind Test (www.zmescience.com)
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[โ€“] livligkinkajou@slrpnk.net 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You can still grow stuff in them with agrivoltaics. You don't have to lose the productive land below it

[โ€“] JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org 1 points 21 hours ago

And even if you do not: It's better for the environment to not grow corn and just have some grass underneath the solar panels.