dad: the gyroscope on this thing was mechanical, so it failed after a couple years
me: yeah it's unfortunate that gyroscopes have to be to detect gravitational orientation
dad: nah you can do it with lasers, no motion needed
me: what
dad: yeah look it up
me: ...what
Artificer here!
She pinned me to the wall with one hand, said "Isn't it more fun when we're both girls?" and kissed me a lot.
Her lips are soft, her eyes are pretty, and I'm glad to have such a good and sweet friend! She'll be a perfect wing woman for if I ever like a boy!
Artificer is posting on essentially the magic equivalent of a fourm from the 89s and her life is the most interesting thing on the website in years.
Ranger is basically a redditor. (All her posts are on the equivalent of AITA and she's in the wrong 90% of the time)
France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot larger than 1,500 square meters.
The law took effect in July 2023. Large lots over 10,000 square meters must be 50 percent covered by solar canopies by July 2026. Smaller lots have until 2028.
Exemptions exist for lots with genuine technical or environmental constraints, and for lots already shaded by trees.
France didn't just issue a mandate and walk away. The 2024 Finance Law introduced a Green Industry Tax Credit covering 25 to 40 percent of eligible solar investment costs.
Small businesses largely won't be impacted by the law. It more targets shopping centers, supermarkets, stadiums, and large commercial lots, not Le P'tit Bistrot.
Critics said businesses would just get rid of their parking lots. Carrefour, France's largest supermarket chain, is actually enthusiastically installing solar canopies across 350 stores, covering 180,000 parking spaces. It's expected to generate 450 gigawatt hours of power annually, enough to run the stores themselves, and it's using the canopies as a selling point - shaded parking makes stores more attractive to customers.
The projected energy output is expected to be up to 11 gigawatts, equivalent to roughly 10 nuclear reactors, without using a single additional acre of land.
The US has approximately 800 million parking spaces, most of them uncovered asphalt baking in direct sunlight. Should we do this too?
Seriously guys. Please protect your hearing. Once it’s been damaged you can never recover it. There’s nothing that doctors can do for you. Learn from my mistakes. These lives are absolutely loud enough to damage your hearing.