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USDA Putting Solar Panels on Chicken Coops
The Washington Free Beacon ^
| August 7, 2015
| Elizabeth Harrington
Posted on 08/08/2015 8:11:25 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is spending millions on green energy projects for farms, including putting solar panels on the tops of chicken coops.
The federal agency announced Friday that its Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) will spend $63 million on solar panels and wind turbines for the farming industry.
One project, totaling $16,094, was awarded to Blue Sky Poultry, Inc., of Bainbridge, Ga., to “install a solar array on the roof of poultry houses.”
Other projects announced by the USDA included $18,000 for solar panels for a fruit farm in Ohio, and $19,750 for a wind turbine for a farm in Minnesota.
The majority of funding is going toward similar small projects. The agency is also financing larger solar projects through loan guarantees in the amounts of $3 to $4 million, and funding a $5 million project to turn wood into gas.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the $63 million in funding would “create jobs, reduce greenhouse gas pollution, and helps usher in a more secure energy future for the nation.”
The USDA pointed out that the Obama administration has spent more than $291 million in grants and $327 million in loan guarantees on green energy projects for farmers through the program since the president took office.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climatechange; energy; environmentalism; farms; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; grants; greens; obama; renewables; usda
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Sounds like a recipe for fried chicken to me.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
How did chicken coops ever function before electricity?
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:13:07 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: EvilCapitalist
They lay hard boiled eggs
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Remind me, which Constitutional Amendment mentions Chicken Coops again?
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:14:25 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses... RIP Roddy Piper.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
If the feds spend it, you can bet it is wasted.
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:15:12 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: EvilCapitalist
You beat me to it.
I was going to say something like it sounds like fried chicken.
I guess there will be no need to go to KFC or Popeyes.
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:15:16 PM PDT
by
moviefan8
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Ridiculous American Program for Energy
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:15:25 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: al baby; Albion Wilde; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; Lazamataz; ...
Why did the solar-powered chicken cross the road?
DANG!
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:15:36 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I am glad that we have the money for this foolishness. /s
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
As long as it’s just government money........
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
and wind turbines in latrines
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Do they need to charge their IPhones?
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:43:28 PM PDT
by
SuzyQue
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I have two chicken coops. I go in there to feed and water them and to collect the eggs. Electricity not needed.
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:46:53 PM PDT
by
jy8z
(When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
To: BenLurkin
They didn't lay during the winter months.
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:47:22 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: 11B40; A Balrog of Morgoth; A message; ACelt; Aeronaut; AFPhys; AlexW; alrea; America_Right; ...
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posted on
08/08/2015 8:51:39 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The ammonia from the chicken flickins is going to be pretty hard on the electronics.
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posted on
08/08/2015 9:03:01 PM PDT
by
null and void
(If the government can't protect the Marines, how can we expect it to protect us?)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Not one word about the energy required to produce a bank of batteries capable of storing one megawatt of power or the inverters it will take to turn it into AC...oh NO! You don’t suppose they will rewire the base to use DC, do you?
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posted on
08/08/2015 9:07:34 PM PDT
by
econjack
(I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
To: null and void
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posted on
08/08/2015 9:10:18 PM PDT
by
jy8z
(When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
To: jy8z
Interesting! FReepers are awesome!
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posted on
08/08/2015 9:15:14 PM PDT
by
null and void
(If the government can't protect the Marines, how can we expect it to protect us?)
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