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I wonder how long it will be before the enviro types will be angered by those yuge fields of solar cells like the one in the cover image of the story. Coal mine

I wonder how long it will be before the enviro types will be angered by those yuge fields of solar cells like the one in the cover image of the story. Coal mines and oil fields don't look great, but the solar fields are starting to look pretty industrial too. Maybe not as sooty or as smelly, but they're only possible when we clear cut the trees and steal all of the sunlight from the plants that feed the animals. The article was clearly written by some fanboi. I suppose when oil was first discovered, there were fanbois for oil too. But maybe it would be better if the fanbois started to get ahead of the criticism.

conk 2y ago
There are still millions of oil fanbois…
dennis_jeeves2 2y ago
>angered by those yuge fields of solar cells like the one in the cover image of the story You are correct. If the world were perfect in every way, some people will come up with ways to find faults the scheme of things. This is because various causes give meaning to people's lives. Without a cause they would feel life is meaningless. Note: I am not saying that most causes do not have legitimacy, what I'm claiming is they have tones of religion.
christianqchung 2y ago
These complaints are already happening (I think of it as petty environmentalism). I'm going to put the health of ten billion future/current humans and the entire ocean ahead ahead of a marginal amount of nature removed by solar panels.
7952 2y ago
But less industrial than a lot of arable farming. Grass and wild flowers will grow perfectly well under solar panels, alongside sheep. And the break from production give the soil an opportunity to recover.
- toomuchtodo 2y ago
  https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2024/07/31/the-evolving-art-and-science-of-agrivoltaics/ https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2024/07/31/the-evolving-art-and-... https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/09/21/dual-purpose-solar-makes-a-greater-impact/ https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/09/21/dual-purpose-solar-ma... https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/agrivoltaics-solar-and-agriculture-co-location https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/agrivoltaics-solar-and-agr... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrivoltaics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrivoltaics

conk 2y ago

There are still millions of oil fanbois…

dennis_jeeves2 2y ago

>angered by those yuge fields of solar cells like the one in the cover image of the story You are correct. If the world were perfect in every way, some people will come up with ways to find faults the scheme of things. This is because various causes give meaning to people's lives. Without a cause they would feel life is meaningless. Note: I am not saying that most causes do not have legitimacy, what I'm claiming is they have tones of religion.

christianqchung 2y ago

These complaints are already happening (I think of it as petty environmentalism). I'm going to put the health of ten billion future/current humans and the entire ocean ahead ahead of a marginal amount of nature removed by solar panels.

7952 2y ago

But less industrial than a lot of arable farming. Grass and wild flowers will grow perfectly well under solar panels, alongside sheep. And the break from production give the soil an opportunity to recover.

toomuchtodo 2y ago
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2024/07/31/the-evolving-art-and-science-of-agrivoltaics/ https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2024/07/31/the-evolving-art-and-... https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/09/21/dual-purpose-solar-makes-a-greater-impact/ https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/09/21/dual-purpose-solar-ma... https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/agrivoltaics-solar-and-agriculture-co-location https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/agrivoltaics-solar-and-agr... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrivoltaics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrivoltaics