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19. yeah, the Kochs have a big covert anti-solar push

Mon Dec 14, 2015, 01:56 PM

Dec 2015

they even suborned the Florida NAACP to say "it's racist!!!111"

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-solar-race-20150209-story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/in-smog-battle-industry-gets-help-from-unlikely-source-black-business-group/2015/09/28/8c1c7e34-63c8-11e5-9757-e49273f05f65_story.html
http://fcir.org/2015/08/13/national-black-chamber-of-commerce-solar-energy-critic-rakes-in-cash-from-polluters/

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North Carolina town rejects solar because it'll suck up sunlight and kill the plants [View all] n2doc Dec 2015 OP

based on rw 'science' spread by limbaugh and sons, and certainot Dec 2015 #1

This has to be satire. Archae Dec 2015 #2

Is it? liberal N proud Dec 2015 #6

Ye gawds... Archae Dec 2015 #9

..and little... 3catwoman3 Dec 2015 #39

not that I can tell n2doc Dec 2015 #10

That story is much different than the parts of the story other media is pushing. HuckleB Dec 2015 #34

They won't want wind either because all those fans will make it windy. liberal N proud Dec 2015 #3

Too bad stupidity isn't immediately and excruciatingly agonizing to the stupid. hobbit709 Dec 2015 #4

+infinity treestar Dec 2015 #8

Sadly, the stupid, it doesn't burn gratuitous Dec 2015 #23

Isn't anti-science great?! jeff47 Dec 2015 #5

a joke? oldandhappy Dec 2015 #7

It's true. hobbit709 Dec 2015 #11

Not a joke, just a misleading article Recursion Dec 2015 #41

Brawndo has what plants crave. Solly Mack Dec 2015 #12

There's no picture because townspeople believe that cameras will steal their soul. n/t hughee99 Dec 2015 #13

. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2015 #48

:/ Go Vols Dec 2015 #14

Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi sarisataka Dec 2015 #15

NC used to be 4th in the octoberlib Dec 2015 #16

yeah, the Kochs have a big covert anti-solar push MisterP Dec 2015 #19

Thanks for the article! octoberlib Dec 2015 #24

Science teacher?! KamaAina Dec 2015 #17

a former science teacher Sanity Claws Dec 2015 #28

These people are just hedging their bets on climate change and sea level rise liberal N proud Dec 2015 #18

Ugh. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2015 #20

retired science teacher? she should refund her whole salary, niyad Dec 2015 #21

WTF is wrong with people greiner3 Dec 2015 #22

Who needs Comedy Central? lpbk2713 Dec 2015 #25

10 bucks says they would mock the idea of an environmental review for a big construction project. arcane1 Dec 2015 #26

This level of ignorance and stupidity is frightening! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2015 #27

Damn, seriously a science teacher. . . B Calm Dec 2015 #29

You'd think this might be "The Onion," but red staters are going to put them out of business. Vinca Dec 2015 #30

I would say this teacher is a Republican and gets her news from FOX. Thinkingabout Dec 2015 #31

it has electrolytes IcyPeas Dec 2015 #32

This story is getting a lot play, but there's more to the story. HuckleB Dec 2015 #33

Thank you! wildeyed Dec 2015 #35

Indeed. Well put. -eom- HuckleB Dec 2015 #36

So, there were other dumb reasons then. Thank god you pointed this out! kcr Dec 2015 #38

If it was your home and only asset, you would probably feel differently. wildeyed Dec 2015 #45

Getting up off the floor malaise Dec 2015 #37

And rich people on Cape Cod made up crap about wind turbines killing birds, too Recursion Dec 2015 #40

These are not rich people. wildeyed Dec 2015 #43

People say colorful and unfortunate things at P&Z or permitting meetings quaker bill Dec 2015 #42

The sucking dry of solar energy comment wildeyed Dec 2015 #44

They probably do use something to control weeds quaker bill Dec 2015 #49

Are we making fun of rural people because we think they are all GOP dupes? wildeyed Dec 2015 #46

perhaps the clueless "science teacher" should watch this video: niyad Dec 2015 #47