Rural Backlash Against Renewables Surges, With 67 Rejections of Solar in U.S. Over Past 11 Months

[bripat9643]

It appears that people are finally starting to wise up about the renewable energy swindle.

https://realclearwire.com/articles/2022/10/14/rural_backlash_against_renewables_surges_with_67_rejections_of_solar_in_us_over_past_11_months_858959.html​

The hype about wind and solar energy keeps colliding with the hard reality of land-use conflicts. Nowhere is that more obvious than in Ohio, where 41 townships have rejected or restricted the expansion of wind and/or solar projects since last November. In addition, at least eight Ohio counties have implemented restrictions on Big Wind and Big Solar over that same time period.​

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The soaring number of rejections – all of which are documented in the Renewable Rejection Database – brings the total number of solar rejections in the U.S. this year to 67. That total includes the October 12 unanimous vote by the Linn County, Iowa, Board of Supervisors to implement a moratorium on solar projects in their county. In all, since 2017, 94 communities across the U.S. have rejected or restricted Big Solar.​

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Wind projects are also facing fierce resistance, particularly in Ohio, a swing state that is critical to presidential candidates. Thus far in 2022, 46 local governments, 40 of which are in Ohio, have rejected or restricted wind projects. Furthermore, since 2015, 370 communities from Maine to Hawaii have rejected or restricted wind projects.​

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As I have noted in many previous articles, these hundreds of rejections are routinely ignored by big media outlets. Further, they don’t square with the schemes being promoted by academics from Princeton, Stanford, and other elite universities who routinely claim that the U.S. can build thousands of megawatts of new solar and wind capacity in rural America and do so in just a few years. But the facts cannot be denied.​

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Here is the lowdown on what’s happening in Ohio. On August 23, the Ohio Capitol Journal reported that “At least 10 Ohio counties have passed resolutions blocking the development of new utility-scale wind and solar projects within all or part........​

 

[Hutch Starskey]

It appears that people are finally starting to wise up about the renewable energy swindle.

https://realclearwire.com/articles/2022/10/14/rural_backlash_against_renewables_surges_with_67_rejections_of_solar_in_us_over_past_11_months_858959.html​

The hype about wind and solar energy keeps colliding with the hard reality of land-use conflicts. Nowhere is that more obvious than in Ohio, where 41 townships have rejected or restricted the expansion of wind and/or solar projects since last November. In addition, at least eight Ohio counties have implemented restrictions on Big Wind and Big Solar over that same time period.​

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The soaring number of rejections – all of which are documented in the Renewable Rejection Database – brings the total number of solar rejections in the U.S. this year to 67. That total includes the October 12 unanimous vote by the Linn County, Iowa, Board of Supervisors to implement a moratorium on solar projects in their county. In all, since 2017, 94 communities across the U.S. have rejected or restricted Big Solar.​

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Wind projects are also facing fierce resistance, particularly in Ohio, a swing state that is critical to presidential candidates. Thus far in 2022, 46 local governments, 40 of which are in Ohio, have rejected or restricted wind projects. Furthermore, since 2015, 370 communities from Maine to Hawaii have rejected or restricted wind projects.​

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As I have noted in many previous articles, these hundreds of rejections are routinely ignored by big media outlets. Further, they don’t square with the schemes being promoted by academics from Princeton, Stanford, and other elite universities who routinely claim that the U.S. can build thousands of megawatts of new solar and wind capacity in rural America and do so in just a few years. But the facts cannot be denied.​

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Here is the lowdown on what’s happening in Ohio. On August 23, the Ohio Capitol Journal reported that “At least 10 Ohio counties have passed resolutions blocking the development of new utility-scale wind and solar projects within all or part........​

Maybe if they used their land to farm more energy instead of break even crops, they might just be less dependent on handouts.

Should Farmers Plant Solar Panels or Corn?

Corn occupies more land than any other crop in the US. A third of the corn harvest is used to make ethanol, which is an ingredient in the gasoline that powers our cars. Now that the transition to electric vehicles is in full swing, would that land would be better used to generate electricity?

asmith.ucdavis.edu

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Maybe if they used their land to farm more energy instead of break even crops, they might just be less dependent on handouts.

Should Farmers Plant Solar Panels or Corn?

Corn occupies more land than any other crop in the US. A third of the corn harvest is used to make ethanol, which is an ingredient in the gasoline that powers our cars. Now that the transition to electric vehicles is in full swing, would that land would be better used to generate electricity?

asmith.ucdavis.edu

Break even crops? Roflmao, my mom owns 900 acres of prime ground... excellent yield this year and despite the Bidum disaster is making a fortune off yield.

No farmer in their right mind is going to cover prime ground with solar panels. It won't happen

 

[bripat9643]

Maybe if they used their land to farm more energy instead of break even crops, they might just be less dependent on handouts.

Should Farmers Plant Solar Panels or Corn?

Corn occupies more land than any other crop in the US. A third of the corn harvest is used to make ethanol, which is an ingredient in the gasoline that powers our cars. Now that the transition to electric vehicles is in full swing, would that land would be better used to generate electricity?

asmith.ucdavis.edu

Perhaps the government should just stop giving them handouts.

 

[Hutch Starskey]

Break even crops? Roflmao, my mom owns 900 acres of prime ground... excellent yield this year and despite the Bidum disaster is making a fortune off yield.

No farmer in their right mind is going to cover prime ground with solar panels. It won't happen

The demand for corn will decrease faster than the demand for energy as electric vehicles become mainstream.

 

[Hutch Starskey]

Perhaps the government should just stop giving them handouts.

I agree. Let those failing legacy mom and pops disappear.

 

[bripat9643]

The demand for corn will decrease faster than the demand for energy as electric vehicles become mainstream.

The demand for coal fired power plants will quintuple if electric vehicles become mainstream.

 

[Orangecat]

Maybe if they used their land to farm more energy instead of break even crops, they might just be less dependent on handouts.

Maybe they can decide for themselves how they use their own property and you should MYOFB.

 

[1srelluc]

I'd rather have a Supermax prison on my property line than a damn wind farm.....They are a blight upon the landscape everywhere they are.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

100,000 acres of wind turbines couldn’t power Americas toasters.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Maybe they can decide for themselves how they use their own property and you should MYOFB.

Post of the month!

 

[ColonelAngus]

The demand for corn will decrease faster than the demand for energy as electric vehicles become mainstream.

How are you planing on powering all the electric vehicles?

Via solar farms?

Walk me through the math. I dont believe it.

 

[ColonelAngus]

100,000 acres of wind turbines couldn’t power Americas toasters.

Exacty. How about the production of wind tubines and solar panels? What energy will be used to manufacture those?

 

[bripat9643]

Besides the military industrial complex, farmers and Big Ag corps are the greatest welfare queens.

National defense is not welfare, moron.

 

[bodecea]

It appears that people are finally starting to wise up about the renewable energy swindle.

https://realclearwire.com/articles/2022/10/14/rural_backlash_against_renewables_surges_with_67_rejections_of_solar_in_us_over_past_11_months_858959.html​

The hype about wind and solar energy keeps colliding with the hard reality of land-use conflicts. Nowhere is that more obvious than in Ohio, where 41 townships have rejected or restricted the expansion of wind and/or solar projects since last November. In addition, at least eight Ohio counties have implemented restrictions on Big Wind and Big Solar over that same time period.​

​

The soaring number of rejections – all of which are documented in the Renewable Rejection Database – brings the total number of solar rejections in the U.S. this year to 67. That total includes the October 12 unanimous vote by the Linn County, Iowa, Board of Supervisors to implement a moratorium on solar projects in their county. In all, since 2017, 94 communities across the U.S. have rejected or restricted Big Solar.​

​

Wind projects are also facing fierce resistance, particularly in Ohio, a swing state that is critical to presidential candidates. Thus far in 2022, 46 local governments, 40 of which are in Ohio, have rejected or restricted wind projects. Furthermore, since 2015, 370 communities from Maine to Hawaii have rejected or restricted wind projects.​

​

As I have noted in many previous articles, these hundreds of rejections are routinely ignored by big media outlets. Further, they don’t square with the schemes being promoted by academics from Princeton, Stanford, and other elite universities who routinely claim that the U.S. can build thousands of megawatts of new solar and wind capacity in rural America and do so in just a few years. But the facts cannot be denied.​

​

Here is the lowdown on what’s happening in Ohio. On August 23, the Ohio Capitol Journal reported that “At least 10 Ohio counties have passed resolutions blocking the development of new utility-scale wind and solar projects within all or part........​

They don't need power, do they?

 

[bripat9643]

Sure it is, moron.

Are you one of those morons who believe we don't need a national defense?

 

[bripat9643]

They don't need power, do they?

Not wind or solar. Those are boondoggles.

 

[bripat9643]

Military industrial complex is not defense. It's big business.

You're an idiot. How do you suppose we're supposed to acquire tanks, ships, missiles and planes without paying businesses for them?

 

[bripat9643]

It's about acquisition and not defense. You want deep state? Look at military procurement.

Spare us. According to your theory, we should abolish every government program.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Sure it is, moron.

Passsst…. It’s in the constitution.