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To: Sacajaweau
"In our area, it means using farmland....just plain stupid."

I'm assuming that solar farm is meant to supply power to a larger area, not just the farmer and his equipment?

If it's just for the farmer I'm 100% for it. I have a solar system on my house and I love it so much I'm upgrading it and getting an electric car. But I'm in a good situation for it (in the south, own my home, plan to live there the rest of my life, metal roof, large portion of my roof facing south, no shade) and I manage it myself -- making it much more efficient than bureaucrats do things. I produced 59% of all the power I consumed last year, pulling 41% from the grid. After the upgrade I'll produce about 90% of all the power I need, even with charging the EV.

Even with all of that working in my favor, I'll still be 10% dependent on the grid. All the Dims' talk about getting completely off fossil fuels is bull crap.

16 posted on 06/01/2022 8:55:37 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right
It's NOT for the farmer. The farmer sold the farm. The supply goes into storage. It doesn't even serve the people locally.

And how much did everything cost you??

23 posted on 06/01/2022 9:10:51 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Tell It Right

No guilt about us taxpayers who co-funded your costs, and co-fund your useage?


40 posted on 06/01/2022 10:33:58 AM PDT by traditional2 (lets go B*and*n)
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To: Tell It Right

All your food is fertilized with petroleum products.


44 posted on 06/01/2022 11:18:40 AM PDT by Lazamataz (ELON MUSK IS THE CORPORATE VERSION OF DONALD TRUMP!)
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To: Tell It Right

If solar power is so great I wonder why the utilities don’t use it. Instead they use gas or coal. I guess they don’t know much about generating electricity economically.


48 posted on 06/01/2022 3:18:32 PM PDT by brookwood (Government discriminates against you, and if you complain, calls you a racist.)
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