Midwestern Farmers Who Say Yes to Solar Power Face Neighbors’ Wrath

2 years ago by MsSprouts [she/her] to c/energy

(Bloomberg) -- When Michigan farmer Clara Ostrander heard about the benefits of hosting a solar energy project, she remembered something her father had told her four days before he died: Don’t sell the farm. Keep it in the family. Most Read from BloombergUS Reporter to Be Freed by Russia in Major Prisoner SwapKamala Harris Wipes Out Trump’s Swing-State Lead in Election Dead HeatWhile ‘Pod Save America’ Tries to Unite Democrats, Its Staff RebelsAckman’s IPO Dream Implodes From $25 Billion to Zero

some_guy 13 points 2 years ago

Now nimbyism has come to the sticks.

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whoxtank28 12 points 2 years ago

Interesting how all of these people want to have say over other peoples private property, for what they perceive to be the common good...

It rings a bell...hmmm. I think I have heard about some other movement that wanted to do that...

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sj_zero 4 points 2 years ago

Yeah, if they want to control what happens on the land, they can make an offer and buy it themselves. Then they can make it into a giant septic field for all anyone cares.

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