▲ 661 ▼ rural americans will drive past a coal-fired power plant, in their five mpg ford truck, to go to a small town city council meeting and complain about how environmentally destructive solar panels are (slrpnk.net) submitted 6 months ago by stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net to c/memes@slrpnk.net 85 comments fedilink hide all child comments And their vote counts more than yours because they live in rural districts with lower populations. Smh at "democracy."
[+] rabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.com -7 points 6 months ago (2 children) I mean, it depicts people planting crops UNDER the solar panels. Out of the sun. Yeah, this is 100% AI. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] snooggums@piefed.world 10 points 6 months ago It depends on the crop and how they do the layout, but you can absolutely grow some plants under partial shade from panels. https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshpearce/2025/11/15/why-farmers-are-shielding-their-crops-with-solar-panels/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago The sun moves. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] snooggums@piefed.world 10 points 6 months ago It depends on the crop and how they do the layout, but you can absolutely grow some plants under partial shade from panels. https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshpearce/2025/11/15/why-farmers-are-shielding-their-crops-with-solar-panels/ permalink fedilink source parent