NC town rejects solar panels (live, farms, stations)

[ljd1010]

Some people are wise. Some are otherwise.....

[StAndroid]

I've seen a BUNCH of sensationalized articles about this and while one person did say something incredibly stupid, there were different, more and far more boring issues at hand. Here's an article with a better explanation of the who thing: http://www.roanoke-chowannewsherald....ts-solar-farm/

"Three other solar farms were previously accepted by the town council, with one now in the process of installing solar panels"

"Mary Hobbs has been living in Woodland for 50 years and said she has watched it slowly becoming a ghost town with no job opportunities for young people. She said her home is surrounded by solar farms and is no longer worth its value because of those facilities"

[drrckmtthws]

The beef was more so over people complaining about property values than the panels sucking up energy from the sun

Source: Snopes

Notably, among concerns registered were those like Hobbs'; some residents simply worried that the burgeoning solar industry would further depress the local economy and tank the values of their homes (asserting that such damage had already been done.) Others expressed concerns unrelated to property value:

We contacted the Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald and spoke to author Keith Hoggard about the article and its unexpected reach. He confirmed that The Independent's take was mostly accurate, and that the residents didn't want another solar panel installation.
However, it's worth mentioning that Hoggard's original article mainly addressed residents' concerns about the impact of multiple solar farms on property values and local commerce. Some residents expressed fears about solar panel safety, but they were not the sole voices of dissent at the council meeting.

[poppydog]

Embarrassing. Just embarrassing.

[John EdwardsII]

Remember the whole solar industry is another boondoggle like light rail or wind turbines. Supported by taxpayer subsidies with vested interests lining their pockets.

CAROLINA PLOTT HOUND - North Carolina News Portal and Watchdog

[poppydog]

Like I said, Embarrasing!

[Phil A. Delphia]

For whatever reason, Neil Young made it a point to call everyone in Woodland "pinheads." I guess he, like most people, just reads the headlines.

[poppydog]

I read the newspaper article and the attitudes of some of the people there do smack of pinheadedness. I don't think solar panels have anything to do with young people leaving the area. The only reason a solar farm would have anything to do with someone leaving would be if that specific young person's family owned that specific plot of land and they chose to farm solar energy instead of tobacco or cotton. Solar farms to bring some temporary jobs with the installation.

[BoBromhal]

it's an attention-grabbing headline.

[PDD]

We have a very large solar farm collector field in Richmond County, more than 100+ acres of collectors. Nobody lives close to the field so nobody is catching cancer rays coming off the collectors. The only difference I have noticed since the farm was installed is that in the evening UFO's can be seen hovering over the site to I assume recharge their batteries. Pretty sure UFO's mostly run on batteries because we never hear them. They are quiet like a Prius but they don't have any gasoline powered generators to recharge the batteries.
The utility Co's want you to believe that solar power is cheaper than coal or gas but that is just a cover story for the UFO charging stations.
The government will never tell you the truth but you read it here. It doesn't matter to me but if you don't want any solar farms in your town the best thing to do is get some friends together and protest with signs saying no UFO's in our town. That will get people to pay attention.












OK so we do have huge solar farm in Richmond County. No Big Deal. Can't see it from my house.