Arizona’s solar-over-canal project will tackle its major drought issue::undefined

      • PeleSpirit
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        272 years ago

        Arizona is a mixed bag, but I guess everywhere kind of is. They hire that crazy sheriff, that election craziness, and paint their lawns, but then do stuff like this.

        • @[email protected]
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          242 years ago

          The influx of folks moving in from more expensive big city locations plus the general shift of young people rejecting conservative views even as they age is turning the state away from its traditionally republican voting tendencies as seen in recent elections.

          • PeleSpirit
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            102 years ago

            It’s nice to see it changing for the better, it’s hard to parse from the outside looking in though. A lot of the old school r’s still live there, ig.

            • Midnight Wolf
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              62 years ago

              It do be like that (old ppl voting R). Plus for whatever reason they all want to be here before they die, so it’s a big stubborn aged community.

              Source: 🏡🏜

              • @[email protected]
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                22 years ago

                In my experience with my aged relatives, they all feel extra cold now and either crank the heat up or move south.

                • Midnight Wolf
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                  22 years ago

                  In the summer, “could you turn the A/C down a bit?” “why, you’re hot?” as it’s set to 85F…

        • @[email protected]
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          62 years ago

          I said that was California that painted their lawns. I lived in Arizona for a couple years, and I don’t even remember seeing lawns. But I lived in Tucson. Almost everyone had a xeriscaped yard.

    • @[email protected]
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      192 years ago

      It’s also a win win design. Shade from the panels reduces evaporation in the canals and the water helps cool the panels which improves their efficiency.

      • LostAndSmelly
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        12 years ago

        It would be cheaper and easier to maintain separate instaaleions of a lightweight cover for the aquaduct and solar panel installed on solid ground. You could use the same money to add square miles of panels.