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North Carolina Town Defeats Big Solar's Plan To Suck Up the Sun (arstechnica.com)

Posted by timothy on from the doesn't-work-quite-that-way dept.

mdsolar writes with this excerpt from Ars Technica: The citizens of Woodland, N.C. have spoken loud and clear: They don't want none of them highfalutin solar panels in their good town. They scare off the kids. "All the young people are going to move out," warned Bobby Mann, a local resident concerned about the future of his burg. Worse, Mann said, the solar panels would suck up all the energy from the Sun. Another resident -- a retired science teacher, no less -- expressed concern that a proposed solar farm would block photosynthesis, and prevent nearby plants from growing. Jane Mann then went on to add that there seemed to have been a lot of cancer deaths in the area, and that no one could tell her solar panels didn't cause cancer. "I want information," Mann said. "Enough is enough."

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  1. Young people moving away? by tomknight · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think there might be other reasons for young people moving away. Their narrow-minded elders, a town council willing to be swayed by nonsensical arguments, the simple pure idiocy that seems to prevail. The people who stay are happy with the situation (or just can't get out).

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    Oh arse
  2. Re:These people by Coisiche · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Some day dumb people should be just set up to vote in fake elections. They won't know.

    They already are. Not caught on to that yet?

  3. Re:These people by turbidostato · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "I said we should set up fake elections for the dumb people, so our elections WORK."

    If your surname happens to be Rockefeller or something like that then you don't need to ask. That's been already the case for ages now.

  4. Slashdot: full of bigotry by m0s3m8n · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I see bigotry for the southern US is alive and well here on Slashdot. Why look into all the facts when you can parrot this juicy headline.

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    Conservative, mod down for violating /. political norms.
  5. Re:Fact vs. Fiction by Xyrus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It is because they voted.

    And yet, what I do on my own land — build a solar plant or dig a lake or raise cows — should not be subject to other people's voting.

    The whole idea of "zoning laws" and "permits" for this and that is absolutely contrary to freedom and property rights.

    So you'd be perfectly happy with a strip mining pit next to your house? How about a toxic waste dump? Or a landfill? Hey it's my property, I can do whatever I want with it right?

    If what you want to with your property won't impact others, great. But if it does, then they very much have a say in the matter.

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