Editorial: California needs a lot more solar. Why not put panels along highways and parking lots?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : The Biden administration has encouraged state transportation agencies to use highway rights-of-way "for pressing public needs relating to climate change," including "renewable energy generation and electrical transmission and distribution projects" and charging stations.
62% : The bill would require Caltrans to set goals for renewable energy generation along highways by 2030 and 2045, and to track its progress each year.
58% : In California, the need to be more inventive with the siting of renewable energy is more important than ever, especially after the state Public Utilities Commission's decision to slash incentives for rooftop solar has increased uncertainty over how fast homes and businesses will continue to go solar.
56% :California needs to roughly quadruple its wind and solar energy by 2045, and will face surging demand for electricity as people replace their polluting, fossil-fueled cars and appliances with zero-emission electric ones.
55% : But increasing renewable energy by covering far-off, undeveloped areas with solar and wind farms raises its own environmental concerns.

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