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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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[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

HOA should be requiring solar instead of banning it.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I disagree. That’s a huge cost to force on people.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world -4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

No one is forcing you to buy a home in an HOA that requires solar.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Could easily be in an HOA that adds the requirement though.

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

I do have sympathy for people that vote NO on large capital expense assessments because its expensive for them and then have to come up with the money anyways.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I love how you used the entire argument against HOAs to argue against HOAs, yet still got downvoted.

I appreciated the irony.

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

The issue some likely have is that moving to be able to have solar panels isn't the answer. If you bought a home in the 80s, 90s the HOA likely didn't have any rules for or against solar panels. Selling your house and moving elsewhere is a huge burden and can also be a high cost. Having to have a political movement in your neighborhood to lower costs on electricity and protect the environment a bit at the same time shouldn't require you to allot more time and effort .