Mapping New York's Solar Potential with Lasers!

good.is — After flying a plane equipped with lasers over the city, NYC created a map showing how much solar energy every single rooftop could be generating. Jun 20, 2011 View in Crawl 4

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Mapping New York's Solar Potential with Lasers!

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streetreporter Jun 20, 2011

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Good article, great idea. But the author assumes "the city’s roofs are covered in black tar..." when in fact most are covered with silver/reflective roofs. A simple check of Google Earth confirms this.

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See for yourself: http://bit.ly/jNmx0E

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