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rural americans will drive past a coal-fired power plant, in their five mpg ford truck, to go to a small town city council meeting and complain about how environmentally destructive solar panels are (slrpnk.net)
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And their vote counts more than yours because they live in rural districts with lower populations. Smh at "democracy."

A meme with two panels. The first panel is a scene of agrovoltaics - farmers growing crops underneath solar panels in a field - with the caption "solar panels waste our fertile soil and destroy our beautiful rural landscapes". In quotes to imply the meme is quoting someone else's objections to solar power. The second panel is an image of a coal power plant with smoke billowing from its smokestacks looming behind a field of crops. The caption reads "but this is cool?'
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[–] 13 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Honestly? Yeah. Well if I didn’t already have my house fully off grid.

Being in proximity to a nuclear power source would help ensure minimal power outages compared to fossil fuels.

So if I had to choose? Yes. However, I took things into my own hands and have a 36kW solar system with 100kWh battery bank powering my property.

YMMV

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Aren't those plants noisy? It's a industrial installation. Don't you have constant traffic and noise there? Where I live we don't have nuclear power plants so I don't know. We have this type of plants:

    I would definitely prefer solar or wind farms.

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