US Town fears solar farm would "suck up all the energy from the Sun"

[zebonaut]

https://www.rt.com/usa/325536-us-town-fears-solar-farms/#.Vmwpnc6uk_g.facebook

One local man, Bobby Mann said that businesses would stop going to Woodland, the community would suffer as a result and the farms would suck up all the energy from the sun, according to the Roanoke-Chowan News Herald.

“You’re killing your town,” he said. “All the young people are going to move out.”

A retired science teacher, Jane Mann, expressed concerns that plants in the vicinity of the panels would not photosynthesize which would prevent the plants from growing.

She also questioned the high number of cancer deaths in the area, saying no one could tell her that solar panels didn’t cause cancer.

[SamKnause]

2. I am torn as to which is more destructive;

1) stupidity

or

2) greed

Both are having disastrous consequences on this country.

[ljm2002]

4. Classic case of "Folies a deux"...

...Folie à deux (/fɒˈli ə ˈduː/; French pronunciation: ​[fɔli a dø]; French for "a madness shared by two&quot , or shared psychosis, is a psychiatric syndrome in which symptoms of a delusional belief and hallucinations are transmitted from one individual to another.

The greed transmits the idea that greed is good regardless of consequences, and the ignorance transmits the idea that no mental effort is required to know the right answers to difficult questions. Together they create a toxic brew that is worse than either one by itself.

[SamKnause]

6. Thank you for your input.

That sums it up nicely.

Have a safe and pleasant weekend.

[brush]

3. This is scary. Being stupid hurts the country

A retired science teacher is against solar panels because plants nearby won't get enough sun. GOD! Glad she's retired.

Sanders' plan for free college education can't come soon enough.

[Nay]

10. Expect more stupid science, since now we are graduating 'science' teachers from

Liberty 'University.' They get the credentials and then go out and spread their ideology, backed up by their science 'credentials.'

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

12. Ron White is right --

[fleur-de-lisa]

5. Wow! Not the Onion!

I totally expected this to be satire.

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. utter lack of any critical thinking at all will do us in.

A country of individual belief system bubbles....arggghhh

[Hassin Bin Sober]

9. Alerting for posting Onion stories as news.

Oh, wait.....

[3catwoman3]

11. A retired...

...SCIENCE teacher? Seriously?

[SwankyXomb]

13. I know it seems Onionish, but it's a real story.

http://www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/2015/12/08/woodland-rejects-solar-farm/

Man they grow them stupid in America.

[KamaAina]

14. Here's my favorite.

A retired science teacher, Jane Mann, expressed concerns that plants in the vicinity of the panels would not photosynthesize which would prevent the plants from growing.

She also questioned the high number of cancer deaths in the area, saying no one could tell her that solar panels didn’t cause cancer.