@tofugolem if they suck energy why are in the middle of a heat wave in the Pacific Northwest? All those solar panels in the southwest should mean we will have normal weather again!
I worry about my fellow Americans. There seems to be an increase in lack of understanding of 7th grade science.

@tofugolem I think we know why that science teacher is "retired"...

@tofugolem The most depressing bit is that this is apparently a "retired science teacher". Sigh.

@tofugolem I will gladly take any solar panels and the elements needed to make my house independent of the electric grid.

@tofugolem Sounds like Indiana. Or Florida.

@tofugolem they already didn’t make it

@tofugolem no we're not, but we've known that for a while.

@tofugolem Probably not, but for reasons other than the one you're suggesting. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/north-carolina-town-rejects-solar-panels/

@tofugolem this sort of stupidity makes me want to be off the census

@tofugolem Wow, they 1-upped the "5G IS GOING TO COOK US ALIVE!!!" crowd...😞

@tofugolem The town in question is actually mistaking solar power with wind turbines, which do in fact cause cancer and generalized anxiety disorder, not to mention entropy—the more energy pulled from the wind, the less energy available over time to blow the wind. Entropy is not a problem for the sun, which recharges overnight.

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"new" renewable energy strategy for neo-cons, I love it.

🤦

#fdp #csu #cdu #wissing #lindner #energiewende #klimakatastrophe

@tofugolem a retired science teacher? Like someone who taught *other* people science?

@tofugolem thank gods the science teacher is retired.

@tofugolem "A retired science teacher" 🤦🏼‍♀️

@tofugolem I try not to assume all Americans are stupid. They aren't. Not by a long way.

But some of them really do drag the average down, don't they?

@tofugolem 😳

@tofugolem The prototype rarely does

@tofugolem I despair 😢

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So this is an old story from 2015...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-town-rejects-solar-panels-amid-fears-they-suck-up-all-the-energy-from-the-sun-a6771526.html?__surl__=IgSc0&__ots__=1450192593229&__step__=1

@tofugolem Oh gawd... 🤨

But they do want a car factory cause that's something they know

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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/north-carolina-town-rejects-solar-panels/

@tofugolem did anyone actually spend 2 seconds googling this? This story is from 2015. North Carolina produced over 10,000 Gwh electricity from solar in 2021 and ranks 4th in the US in installed capacity. This story is about how fear can be used as a tool to oppose things like utilities and affordable housing when it’s under local zoning control.

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suck ... energy ... from ... the ... sun!?

@tofugolem i thought it to be a joke... but...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-town-rejects-solar-panels-amid-fears-they-suck-up-all-the-energy-from-the-sun-a6771526.html

@tofugolem https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/north-carolina-town-rejects-solar-panels/

@tofugolem@mastodon.social what a mess

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https://abc11.com/sun-solar-panels-energy/1122081/

@tofugolem what?