Typically you come up with very elaborate mathematical proofs of your statements showing you put real thought in your claims. But for things outside your area of expertise, you seem to get caught up in conspiracy theories very easely.
No. If you check my history regarding this, I've described my reasoning in the very first thread about these I participated: having the roofs over the stopover points is worth more in comfort than the energy collected any way. Putting the panels on top of those is just extra.
How much do these panels cost? How long will they function? How much electricity will they yield?
Your cost-benefit analysis observes that for a small bike shed, the electricity will not offset the price of the shed. You then make the unrelated leap of faith, and assume that that means putting the panels on the ground must therefore be better. It is not, because the lifetime electricity yield is even smaller fraction of the installation cost, because of the more expensive panel construction, dramatically shorter service life, and lower electricity yield per area in a given location.
What you have proven, is that bike sheds with solar panels on top cost money, and likely will never recover their cost. Sure; I agree.
What you do not realize, that if you did the same calculation for the ground panels, considering how much more expensive they are as people and bikes will be stomping on them, and how fast they degrade (there are examples of bicycle path panels you can compare to –– two to three years is the maximum you can expect
if used), the ground panels will recover even smaller fraction of their cost.
Simply put, they are even worse a proposal as a bike shed with panels on top, because they provide no comfort. It is just money thrown away.
If the argument is that putting the panels on the ground wastes less money than putting them on an expensive shed roof, it is an idiotic argument.
My argument is that at least the bike shed would provide comfort, and therefore value for the money "wasted", with the panels on its roof at least offsetting some of the cost. Putting the panels on the ground is just wasting money.
See?