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

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[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 61 points 2 months ago (3 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.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It seems like clickbait accounts posting bad news articles just keep popping up

[–] Bender12@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not only clickbait, but old as hell too.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

True, not that there i much difference in value with articles like these

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"We heard you guys missed Reddit!"

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

Mylist with those accounts is ever growing

[–] QuantumStorm@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

If it's the same NC town I think it is, the issue stems from how much solar they already have. Three sides of the town are bordered by huge solar farms. This one would have locked the town in and given them no room to expand.

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 1 points 2 months 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 2 months 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.

[–] lengau@midwest.social 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Land just outside its borders? So... In another jurisdiction? How does one jurisdiction have authority over zoning somewhere else?

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Annexation. Cities do it all the time.

[–] lengau@midwest.social 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

But then it would be inside of their borders.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Only after they annex it. There is a whole lot of bureaucracy involved before they can do it. One of those things is usually clearly defined purpose.

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 months ago

...extraterritorial jurisdiction is a thing for incorporated municipalities in most states...

[–] kamills@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago

I faintly recall that this was a clickbait title, but I can't confirm it

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I bet they believe in fan death, too!

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Their mamma is so fat she dysonspheres the sun - and now they want to put solar panels on her.