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Rural solar power projects in the US have been encountering more and more opposition, and something is afoot beyond the very human desire to resist a change in the neighborhood. Reporters have been noticing that misinformation about solar projects is being spread and amplified online, helped along by organizations and persons linked to the fossil energy industry. With that in mind, now would be a good time to review some of the changes that fossil energy extraction has wrought on rural communities.
Who Loves Rural Solar Power?
While habitat protection is a concern for rural solar development, it is barely relevant when the solar project is on farmland. Rural solar developers like to plant solar panels on farmlandbecause it is reasonably level and tends to have handy road access. The land has already been de-treed and re-organized into a commercial operation that maximizes …