"Using some mapping we found that the rooftops of 14 of Auckland's largest buildings would have the same land area as the largest solar farm under construction [in Aotearoa]. So we could potentially be distributing those solar panels in our city ..."

#PriscilaBesen, AUT, 2024

https://95bfm.com/bcast/the-green-desk-energy-and-architecture-24th-september-2024

#podcasts#95bFM#GreenDesk #energy#RenewableEnergy#SolarPower#SolarFarms

@Salty
> we don't have a government interested in actually fixing the problem

I feel ya. But decades of cage-rattling have taught me that if we really want to have influence at institutional scales, advising the next government is more important than hating on the current one. This is one reason I keep posting stuff with the #PolicyNZ tag.

Of course defensive plays on current events are important too. But it's limiting and dispiriting to be always playing defence.