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Produce electricity where we currently grow food and use that energy to grow food closer to where we eat it.
by MithrilTuxedo 4y ago
Produce electricity where we currently grow food and use that energy to grow food closer to where we eat it.
- toomuchtodo 4y agoLots of crazy locals are pushing back out of aesthetics or emotional attachment to farming even if that farming isn’t good for the land. Uphill battle ahead against these folks. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/30/its-got-nasty-the-battle-to-build-the-uss-biggest-solar-power-farm https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/30/its-got-... https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2023/01/12/solar_energy_rejections_soared_in_2022_875161.html https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2023/01/12/solar_en... https://futurism.com/19606 https://futurism.com/19606 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-solar-expansion-stalled-by-rural-land-use-protests-2022-04-07/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-solar-expansion-stalled-...
- toomuchtodo 4y agoIt looks like a lot of these folks are being coordinated by a political group, “Citizens for Responsible Solar.” https://www.npr.org/2023/02/18/1154867064/solar-power-misinformation-activists-rural-america https://www.npr.org/2023/02/18/1154867064/solar-power-misinf... https://www.eenews.net/articles/meet-the-nimby-people-trying-to-kill-solar/ https://www.eenews.net/articles/meet-the-nimby-people-trying...
- rgrieselhuber 4y agoAnd support policies that encourage ownership at the local level, prevent multinational corporations and billionaires from buying up the producing assets.