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And here in France, local environmental NGOs are starting to prevent any solar project installed on fields (even with the crops still growing underneath), on th
by phtrivier 4y ago
And here in France, local environmental NGOs are starting to prevent any solar project installed on fields (even with the crops still growing underneath), on the ground "officially", that is ruins the countryside view ; and, "innofficiallt", on the grounds that it's corporations that are installing the panels, ergo it's bad.
https://www.revolution-energetique.com/pourquoi-ces-habitants-ne-veulent-pas-dune-centrale-solaire-agrivoltaique/ https://www.revolution-energetique.com/pourquoi-ces-habitant...
- ncmncm 4y agoThe French need to process ideas more, but they do get there in the end. Panels will be cheaper when they do.
- phtrivier 4y agoI would say on the contrary, French people start stuff pretty much at the same rate as everyone else, as long as things are done under the radar. But the moment a topic becomes twitter-fodder, we develop pockets of resistance, and, all clichés aside, "being in a pocket of resistance" is at the earth of French persona. (We still teach kids and conservatives that Asterix and De Gaulle won their wars.) We had three presidential candidates running on a platform of "windmills are ugly, let's not do that", and at least three on the platform of "nuclear plants are dangerous, let's not do that". I'm kinda worried that "solar panels are ugly, let's not do that" is gaining traction; and I wonder who's going to be the first to oppose dams, but there's a niche.