Kahizzle@lemmy.world to Éire / Ireland@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTipperary group campaigning against major solar farm to feature on RTÉ’s Primetimewww.independent.ieexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTipperary group campaigning against major solar farm to feature on RTÉ’s Primetimewww.independent.ieKahizzle@lemmy.world to Éire / Ireland@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squareOriginalUsername7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months ago “We need to ask ourselves: would the environmental impact of these large industrial-sized solar complexes outweigh the benefits they claim to provide? What environmental impacts? The concrete used to build them? The interference in the natural habitats of animals in the area? “There’s definitely a place for solar panels—on rooftops, not on prime agricultural land that our community relies on. Oh, those environmental impacts. If the land is so good for farming, why has the farmer seemingly sold it to be turned into a solar farm?
minus-squareFarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoYeah. When I read those quotes in reverse order it sounds closer to what their sequence of thought probably was. money farming to make money Solar something something
What environmental impacts? The concrete used to build them? The interference in the natural habitats of animals in the area?
Oh, those environmental impacts. If the land is so good for farming, why has the farmer seemingly sold it to be turned into a solar farm?
Yeah. When I read those quotes in reverse order it sounds closer to what their sequence of thought probably was.