OK, so at 80 ft[SUP]2[/SUP] per vehicle, how many ft[SUP]2[/SUP] of panels would you need to meet the needs of an apartment building with 100 units where the average unit has 1.5 vehicles?
By my simple math that works out to 12,000 ft[SUP]2[/SUP].
True, like shutting down most of the automobile and automobile related industries.
Indeed, one of the unintended consequences of "improving traffic flow" is an increase in traffic volume.
It's called a "cost of doing business".
"Flat lot" parking is a dying breed.
Yep, and buses produce even more. Strangely enough, I haven't seen any studies on "pollution per ACTUAL passenger mile" studies. What I have seen are studies that run along the lines of "A 40 passenger bus produces 20 times more pollution per mile than a car does, but that actually works out to one half the pollution because the bus carries 40 times as many passengers as a car does.".
In reality, if the bus is only carrying one passenger, then the bus produces 40 times as much "pollution per ACTUAL passenger mile" than does a car with only the driver in it.
Unfortunately the numbers for "pollution per ACTUAL passenger mile" are both difficult to calculate and don't look all that good in debates over the "evils of the car".
I live about 1.5 miles from the nearest store. Health benefits be damned, I'm not going to carry 40 pounds of groceries 1.5 miles.
Have you ever lived in the downtown core of a major city? Just going grocery shopping can prove to be a major expedition if you do.
