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Environment & Energy

Chainfire

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5. Are they taking farm land or all the owners selling farm land. There is a difference.

Reply to Timewas (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 30, 2022, 05:34 PM

Oct 2022

A solar farm the size of Manhattan will eliminate the need for a lot of oil that is controlled by folks like the Russians and Saudis. Until there are better options, I am all for the solar power.

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'It's got nasty': the battle to build the US's biggest solar power farm in Pulaski county, Indiana [View all] Caribbeans Oct 2022 OP

If there's something out there that makes much sense and will help many prople DFW Oct 2022 #1

Good Grief Timewas Oct 2022 #2

Crops can be grown under the panels Caribbeans Oct 2022 #3

You might Timewas Oct 2022 #4

Really? Photosynthesis doesn't require light? NNadir Oct 2022 #8

Are they taking farm land or all the owners selling farm land. There is a difference. Chainfire Oct 2022 #5

Solar is great Timewas Oct 2022 #10

You have to look at the economics of that particular land dumbcat Oct 2022 #12

What some people call "useless" land other people call "wilderness." If anything is "useless..." NNadir Oct 2022 #14

I agree Nictuku Oct 2022 #16

There are Timewas Oct 2022 #17

1.5 Billion for stuff that will be electronic waste in 25 years? NNadir Oct 2022 #6

Buggy-whip owners of the world, UNITE! ....or don't. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2022 #7

I live in hill/mountain country, in my opinion, mountain top would be ideal locations for solar farm Meadowoak Oct 2022 #9

I wonder how many dumbcat Oct 2022 #13

Same thing going on here Jilly_in_VA Oct 2022 #11

Why they chose this spot in Indiana Finishline42 Oct 2022 #15

Last paragraph is SPOT ON Brenda Oct 2022 #18