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Re: solar panels
All construction on land requires a solid footing on Subsoil, below Frost-line. Topsoil is where plants grow. it will not support such construction.
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Re: solar panels
The CCC wrote:All construction on land requires a solid footing on Subsoil, below Frost-line. Topsoil is where plants grow. it will not support such construction.
Sure. I don't think the paper suggests that foundations be placed on topsoil. But it does show that the topsoil can be replaced/restored and that vegetation will grow just fine. The point is that the barren appearance of the land on which many solar farms are built has nothing to do with the panels, but with the site preparation.
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Re: solar panels
Brad Hudson wrote:The CCC wrote:All construction on land requires a solid footing on Subsoil, below Frost-line. Topsoil is where plants grow. it will not support such construction.
Sure. I don't think the paper suggests that foundations be placed on topsoil. But it does show that the topsoil can be replaced/restored and that vegetation will grow just fine. The point is that the barren appearance of the land on which many solar farms are built has nothing to do with the panels, but with the site preparation.
Agreed.