
If it is acceptable to plant corn fence line to fence line, it should be acceptable to install solar panels fence line to fence line.
In fact, if you are going to impose setbacks to dwellings, it makes more sense to impose setbacks for corn.
To grow enough corn to produce ethanol the yields have to be high every year. To get high yields, farmers apply anhydrous ammonia, fungicides, herbicides and insecticides EVERY year they grow corn.
These chemicals are linked to neurological development disorders in children, cancer and cognitive decline in adults. Iowa ranks #2 in the US for new cancers in their population. A recent study shows a significant increase in certain cancers where glyphosate is applied regularly.
- Solar farms do NOT use these harmful inputs.
- Solar farms produce 100x + more energy per acre
- Solar farms produce rate-payer friendly electricity https://ourworldindata.org/cheap-renewables-growth
- Solar farms pay landowners up to 4x what they net growing corn and it is GUARANTEED revenue
- Solar farms provide Counties with Guaranteed tax revenue
Posted by RacePretend1862
4 Comments
Corn is solar.
NIMBY
This makes to much sense. Iowa could be our energy superpower. We don’t need no stinking oil!
That “study” you speak of is actually a biased group seeing a correlation only. Actual studies that use verified data, not self reported data, are not seeing this correlation.