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sensible policy around solar farms in the UK - C_T_Russell - 10-10-2023
Farmland shouldn't be wasted for solar panels, I know that you can graze around them to a certain extent and provide animal shelter, but there is not that much room on farms for panels
Better to put them on all the rooftops and perhaps explore building a solar farm in Morocco instead and link it to Europe.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/07/rishi-sunak-plans-to-restrict-solar-panels
RE: sensible policy around solar farms in the UK - harm_less - 11-10-2023
But still a far more productive use for farmland than planting trees for carbon capture, and of course it addresses one of the causes of CO2 emissions rather than trying to mitigate the effects once they've occurred.
Worth bearing in mind that politicians worldwide are under intense lobbying from the fossil fuel industry and this initiative is just another example of this pressure influencing government policy, in Rishi Sunak's case. The fossil fuel industry are becoming increasingly concerned about the extent to which renewable energy generation is eroding their economic viability and they're fighting back.
RE: sensible policy around solar farms in the UK - C_T_Russell - 12-10-2023
As long as it's not pine trees, in the UK, that would mean oak and other native species.
Trees that are planted don't make money either unless it takes advantage of an unsustainable emissions trading scheme.
Right now the population needs food and that means land is required to produce it.
RE: sensible policy around solar farms in the UK - harm_less - 12-10-2023
(12-10-2023, 09:36 AM)C_T_Russell Wrote: As long as it's not pine trees, in the UK, that would mean oak and other native species.We don't currently have a lack of food production. The problems we are seeing with food availability are due to distribution, marketing and lack of food preparation skills.
Trees that are planted don't make money either unless it takes advantage of an unsustainable emissions trading scheme.
Right now the population needs food and that means land is required to produce it.