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Counties are blocking wind and solar across the US (www.usatoday.com)
submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Counties are blocking wind and solar across the US::Local governments across the U.S. are blocking new clean energy plants. See the best locations for wind and solar power, and where it's being stopped.

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[–] RememberTheApollo@lemmy.world 61 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I’ve lived in left leaning areas for decades. Solar is everywhere, from rooftops to open fields. We don’t have a ton of wind, but there’s a lot of offshore farms and quite a few in the hills. Nobody is “taking” land, it’s sold by the landowner.

If right wing areas are blocking renewables it’s far more likely to be done so it props up the fossil fuel/power generation companies and has little or nothing to do with any actual drawbacks of renewables or their installation.

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

Nobody is “taking” land, it’s sold by the landowner.

If someone "owns" land that land was taken by somebody.