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Environment & Energy

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2. Yes!

Tue Dec 19, 2023, 07:27 AM

Dec 2023

There are so many spaces that can be used for solar without affecting important environmentally sensitive areas.

Even certain types of existing and productive farmland will become more profitable with the addition of photovoltaics;

https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/agrivoltaics-solar-and-agriculture-co-location

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Coal-state Kentucky just broke ground on its largest solar farm [View all] Think. Again. Dec 2023 OP

I want to see parking lots turned into solar farms. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2023 #1

Yes! Think. Again. Dec 2023 #2

esp in the snow belt! mopinko Dec 2023 #3

I agree 100%. Generally, candidates who run strong on the D platform, win. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2023 #5