Town rejects solar farm

[sprite75]

The town of Woodland, North Carolina has rejected a proposed solar farm.  And there were some real gems in the public comment prior to the vote;

Jane Mann said she is a local native and is concerned about the plants that make the community beautiful.

She is a retired Northampton science teacher and is concerned that photosynthesis, which depends upon sunlight, would not happen and would keep the plants from growing. She said she has observed areas near solar panels where the plants are brown and dead because they did not get enough sunlight.

Bobby Mann said he watched communities dry up when I-95 came along and warned that would happen to Woodland because of the solar farms.

He said the solar farms would suck up all the energy from the sun and businesses would not come to Woodland..

Mr. Mann was worried about all the young people moving away because solar panels.  Yeah I bet people are moving away, and not because of the solar panels.  I wouldn't be surprised if they're also worried about the black helicopters coming at any moment.

[LilCerberus]

I wouldn't knock it.
I've actually killed a couple o' ferns that way.