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[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably by the very same idiots who are militantly anti-vaccine and refused to take even basic precautions during a global pandemic.

[–] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unsurprisingly, they are also the exact same people who pretend windmills cause cancer!

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 3 points 2 weeks ago

C H E M T R A I L S

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The county’s medical director has claimed that large solar facilities are a potential health risk for residents.

That is outright insane. The article goes more into why he/she is saying that:

the county’s medical director who, in a memo, warned of the threat of noise, visual pollution and potential sources of contamination.

So how does a perfectly stable construction create harmful noise? I bet it makes less noise in the wind than trees do.
And if visual pollution is harmful, USA sure has a major problem, because I've never been anywhere with more visual pollution than USA.
Advertising everywhere, insane light pollution, even just the wires hanging in the streets, that should have been dug down since the 60's. Cities have little architectural regulation or plan, and shopping areas are a complete mess of either clashing architectures or just but ugly concrete buildings.
And WTF is he on about with potential sources of contamination??? That's just a completely made up argument from ignorance.

Here they call it iron fields, and AFAIK it's all about them being ugly, and has nothing to do with weirdo health claims.
Personally I'd prefer the fields around our house to not become solar farms, but from a health perspective, I bet it's actually safer, as there are no toxic chemicals used.
While ordinary fields are generally sprayed with manure, insecticides and weedkillers which all contain toxins.

[–] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

The only reliable way to get rid of this kind of nimby opposition to clean energy projects is to let the nimbys have a part of the cake. It works for wind energy turbines here in Germany, it should work for solar, too. When people get a share if the money, all concerns magically vanish....