The town has three solar farms already. The council rejected the rezoning because (1) they are an eyesore, (2) they bring property values down, and (3) the town gets no revenue nor utility discount from them.
No they didn’t reject them because of the two morons that were quoted in the article.
Thank you R-C. And nothing about the Shale formation(s) in N.C. that could fill the State coffers and peoples pockets, albeit the Shale industry is on taking it's hits @ $35 / barrel. IMHO they will get their break even point lower or the Saudi's will raise their price at some point. Smart North Carolinian's might be looking at that potential, not the flim-flam artist that sometimes hover over clean energy deals.