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Suck up all the energy from the sun! (lemmy.wtf)

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[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 61 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Yeah I have a tiny suspicion that this may not be a 100% honest portrayal of the town's concerns and is, instead, blatant clickbait. Just a hunch.

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is actually true. The residents of the town are not afraid it'll suck up all the energy from the sun, they're just concerned because no one has told them solar panels don't cause cancer

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

IDK man the summary seems to disagree on the mains

A North Carolina town rejected the further installation of solar panels; some residents registered fears that the panels would disrupt the local ecosystem, while many others worried property values would be affected.

I saw what you are referring to, and I'm choosing to believe (to save my braincells, I know its probably wrong) that she was worried about products used in cleaning the panels or ground leaching of chemicals used in the maintenance or manufacture of the panels.

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