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The US wants to build solar farms on unused land. (www.theguardian.com)
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But why don't we just build them in cities and parking lots especially since they want them within 10 miles of communities? I understand cost but this makes sense to just put them into cities and use the unused land to expand or use for farms and other things vs wasting land to build only solar farms.

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[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

The answer to your question: This is just yet another extension of colonialism. They don't own that "unused land" and they know it.