Humanity is doomed (town rejection of solar panels)

[redheadbaker]

Woodland, NC bans solar farm out of fear it will steal sun's energy . . . No, seriously!

www.dailykos.com/story/2015/12/13/1459759/-Woodland-NC-bans-solar-farm-out-of-fear-it-will-steal-sun-s-energy-No-seriously

The stupid, it burns . . . . The worst of the lot? A former SCIENCE teacher that said she was afraid it would hurt nearby plants making them unable to photosynthesize . . . Woodland’s Planning Commission banned the solar farm on a 3-1 vote. That’s right, 75% of the planning commission was either too afraid to tell their stupid residents the actual scientific truth, or they’re just as stupid as their residents.

As detailed in this Roanoke Chowan News Herald story​: www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/2015/12/08/woodland-rejects-solar-farm/



Will I ever wake up from the stupidity of Republicans?

Bobby Mann said he watched communities dry up when I-95 came along and warned that would happen to Woodland because of the solar farms.

More here: www.alan.com/2015/12/12/nc-town-rejects-solar-farm-as-resident-fears-it-would-suck-up-all-the-energy-from-the-sun Not surprisingly, the comments section is vicious.

Update: There are a few in the comments claiming that I’m really being unfair to the people of Woodlawn and that the story has been “debunked.” Some point to the very same Roanoke story I linked to as evidence of this. I don’t buy this shallow defense for two reasons.

First, the planning commission was never quoted as opposing the farms for any other reason. As I stated previously, no effort was made by the Planning Commission to “set the record straight” or to clarify why they were establishing a moratorium on any future building of Solar Farms.

Second, the claim that their town is “surrounded by Solar Farms” belies actual evidence of that fact. Another Article decided to take a look at the veracity of the claims that Solar Farms were affecting the property values of the town of Woodland. A satellite view of Woodland shows no evidence that it is being surrounded by anything other than regular farms. The only things nearby that even look like solar farms are farm storage buildings. . . as in the kind you see in any rural area that has a lot of farming. Maybe there are plans for building large solar farms, but they certainly aren’t near enough to affect property values in any negative way, and I moved Google Earth around quite a lot looking for these enormous solar farms everyone is talking about. Sorry, this doesn’t pass the lame excuse test.

As for the “SCIENCE teacher??” The only plants negatively affected by the existence of the solar panels, would be those plants immediately underneath the panels, and even then it would not prevent them from photosynthesizing, because plants don’t need direct sunlight to photosynthesize anything. They may not grow as robustly, but they certainly wouldn’t wither and die.

[mrsukyankee]

Wow.

[onomatopoeia]

Okay, I clicked on the Roanoake Chowan news story linked, and this daily kos article is a little misleading. The planning commission didn't reject the solar farm (they actually recommended it), but rather the town council rejected rezoning this particular plot of land from agricultural to manufacturing for the purpose of solar panels. The council already approved three other solar farms - the first is currently being built. There's would be no direct benefit to the town or its citizens from these solar farms (tax money, energy savings, employment) and so I can see why there would be caution with approving more.

No excuses for the science teacher though, that's crazy cakes.

[arch01]

Once again, I'm embarrassed to call NC home.