Solar Farm Rejected Amid Fears It Will 'Suck Up The Sun's Energy'

[Bernardo de La Paz]

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Source: Roanoke-Chowan Herald-News and Huffington Post

Woodland Town council in North Carolina rejected plans to rezone land for a solar farm after residents voiced fears it would cause cancer, stop plants from growing and suck up all the energy from the sun.

Bobby Mann said the farm would "suck up all the energy from the sun and businesses would not come to Woodland," the Roanoke-Chowan Herald-News reports.

Retired science teacher Jane Mann feared the proposed solar ranch could hinder photosynthesis -- the process of converting light energy from the sun into chemical energy for fuel -- in the area and stop plants from growing.


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/solar-farm-suck-up-the-sun_566e9aeee4b0e292150e5d66

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"science teacher"? Pity the children.

[eppur_se_muova]

1. I'll just say it again -- I love The Onion !!

Please ?

Pleeeeeeease let this be parody ?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. I wish. Sigh. nt

[DeadLetterOffice]

34. Exactly my reaction as well.

[Xipe Totec]

3. They must mean seance teacher. nt

[TubbersUK]

6. LOL n/t

[Fuddnik]

4. I think stoopid is a residency requirement.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

5. What? What?!?

[christx30]

7. Headline is misleading.

The town rejected the solar for financial reasons. The reporter found the stupidest person to interview about it.

[Auggie]

9. Where does it say that in the link?

The council also voted to put a moratorium on future solar farms.

[Kelvin Mace]

26. Well, he wasn't interviewing them,

just repeating what they said to the city council.

To be fair, the general gist was "there is nothing in it for us, it's hurting 'property values', so we don't want it."

The lunatics were just more quotable.

I live in NC, and I wish I could say that such ignorance is rare. Sadly, I can't.

[Auggie]

8. That's why I have given up all hope of addressing climate change

[jeff47]

10. No, it was rejected because it's a depressed rural area, and the solar farm brings no money nor jobs

Other articles said there already are two solar farms being built in the area. This would be #3, but required a zoning change, triggering this meeting.

However, the reporter did manage to find the craziest person they could to interview.

Would you like to hear about the time a resident insisted they should not be required to pay for trash service because they produced zero trash? Actually happened at a city council meeting. The resident was illegally dumping their trash in a business's dumpster, so they felt they should not have to pay the city to haul trash from their house.

[Kelvin Mace]

28. well, actually

However, the reporter did manage to find the craziest person they could to interview.

This makes it seem like selective quoting. These statements come from what was said at a public meeting, not solicited by the reporter. Having attended a number of public meetings over the years, I can say that "quotable" folks are always in attendance, and if they say something particularly amusing, the reporter will include it if they have space to fill.

[HuckleB]

35. And most of the people at the meeting focused on property values, etc...

http://www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/2015/12/08/woodland-rejects-solar-farm/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link

[Vinca]

11. OMG - we've officially become the stupidest country on the planet.

[MosheFeingold]

12. It may also harm their bodily fluids. n/t

[TygrBright]

16. That's "precious" bodily fluids. n/t

[MosheFeingold]

17. Just as long as we beat them on the salt mine gap. n/t

[houston16revival]

13. Planned Solarhood must be like gay marriage to these folks

somethin' they ain't never seen beferr!

Solar cells! Interruptin' nature!

[Jester Messiah]

14. It should hurt to be that stupid.

Or so I think, but then I remember that stupidity is encouraged and cultivated by powers that want a more docile populace. Then I just feel bad for the poor simple SOB's.

[Sienna86]

15. Stupidity and ignorance reign

Simply unbelievable this state of belief exists in our country.

[elias49]

18. I lit up the 'back side' of a 10' cannabis plant last summer

with a 4X8' sheet of silver-covered styrofoam insulation. Clearly it was sucking energy from the sun and bouncing it back at my plant. It grew bigger and the buds on the north side glowed.
Seemed like a cool summer here. No wonder.

[blackspade]

19. The land of the stupid....

[NurseJackie]

20. Sad.

[KittyWampus]

21. 'amid fears' implies there is more than one person that stupid.

[billhicks76]

22. They Don't Like Us Taking Rainwater Either

[gregcrawford]

23. Saint Peter on a pogo stick...

... despite the observation that the town council may have had financial concerns about the solar farm, the fact remains that unsupervised adults from the shallow end of the gene pool had these thoughts and expressed them. AND THESE PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO BREED INDISCRIMINATELY?!!?

I despair for the future of humanity.

[Kelvin Mace]

29. And she taught school!

Science even!

[paleotn]

24. Jesus H blankety blank on a shingle!

....I weep for my adopted state and my country.

[Judi Lynn]

25. North Carolina! OMG. Now ALL the Republican candidates are going to campaign there. n/t

[winstars]

27. "No one ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American people."

We can say that 6 times a day...

[briv1016]

30. The Koch Brothers must be saving for the election if these are the best people they can afford.

[retrowire]

31. oh my god

my wife read this to me the other night and then told me it was in our state...

fml

[olddad56]

32. this state is a republican's dream. All the need is enough more like it.

[HuckleB]

33. Not LBN. Story broke on December 8.

http://www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/2015/12/08/woodland-rejects-solar-farm/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link

[WestSeattle2]

36. And they're not the least bit embarrassed or humiliated by their

ignorance and stupidity. This is absolutely pathetic.

[bvar22]

37. WOW... This is just what we need.

If we build enough Solar Farms, they will "suck up"Global Warming for us.

I need to surround my house with panels in the Summer so I can stay nice and cool because they will "suck up" the Sun....AND, I get electricity!

[Hoppy]

38. Ya can't fix stupid.

[TexasTowelie]

39. Locking thread.

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