Its completely unecessary to the point of subversive to place solar panels on the land.
If any solar panels are placed anywhere on the land it should be upon roofs or off the ground and never directly on the ground which inhibts farming, walking, parking and daily life.
A suggestion would for solar panels to be placed as roofs of parking lots as a sort of shade.
Any suggestion or action of placing solar panels directly on the ground in what could be farmland should be seen as subversive behavior.
The federal government and state governments are funding our own farmland destruction with incentives, programs, and policies that allow and encourage solar panels on productive farmland. I have witnessed hundreds to thousands of acres in MS and LA that were in soil and water conservation programs and producing corn, beans, and cotton that are now full of solar panels. And we the taxpayers are funding this terrible misuse of land and natural resources since our selected representatives misuse our money and trust. These investment companies with taxpayer incentives offer struggling farming families more money than they can resist. Short term profit over long term unintended consequences will continue to deteriorate our working lands.
Are you speaking about ground mounted, commercial solar panels and/or ground mounted residential solar panels?
We live on 2-1/2 A old farmland, sold off a conservation land. We ground mounted 48 panels. Underneath the panels is used for storage. We collect rainwater and condensation to water nearby plants. The panels are surrounded by grasses and native wildflower plantings. Panels create shade in currently shadeless yard (some bushes and saplings have been planted). Just some things to consider.
I completely agree. They’ve been destroying prime farmland here in Ohio for years. Recently 500 acres that had been farmed for 150 years was ruined, covered with solar panels.
I think your personal ones are fine. I’d like to have some myself for our use too, My objection is to the large farms that they’re converting and permanently ruining here in Ohio.
We have enough buildings to move all solar panels destroying land and put them on top of those buildings. All new large apartment complexes, high rises, and warehouses should be required by law to add solar. All commercial solar should give the individual business a tax credit by sq ft and all power should be credited back to the grid directly, or option to use their own solar created without the tax credit. Incentivize bolstering up the power grid
I love my solar panels. My electric bill has dropped exponentially. I just wish it could be available during outages, but I wasn’t able to get the generator or batteries at the time. 40k was all i could swing. I’ve already put a dent in that in just 3 years though.
Parking lots for sure. Any company destroying valuable land should be responsible for the solar panels that would be required. My wife’s hospital has them and they love the elimination of snow covering their cars lol
Literally the most common sense idea ever. You could take it a step further and say we should be investing in making homes and businesses completely self sufficient with solar, wind and water built in to the homes and businesses, instead of building solar farms, wind farms and hydro power plants. Self sufficient homes and businesses don’t pull power from the grid, which means less blackouts and less dependence on a grid for survival during catastrophic events like hurricanes and blizzards. Our grid won’t be able to sustain electric vehicles if we don’t take the strain off the grid with homes and businesses that can produce and sustain their own power. These are benefits that can be seen without even looking at the impact on agriculture and fishing that the big power farms have.
