New York tackles the myth that solar is swallowing farmland
In rural areas across the US, solar power opponents keep leaning on the argument that utility-scale arrays are gobbling up valuable farmland. But plenty of evidence proves that’s just not true, and now, New York is tackling the misinformation head-on.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/new-york-myth-solar-farmland-agrivoltaics-misinformation-alexantra-fasulo-john-rich-white-house/Open linkView original on sopuli.xyz
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Could you imagine the revolution for our environment and society at large if we mandated solar panels on every tall building, every household and every street light?
But instead America is doubling down on gas and coal while giving all the cheap energy to AI CEOs in the Epstein Files.
Could you imagine the revolution for our environment and society at large if we started to build the solar farms instead of mandating other people to do our bidding?
I'll hopefully show my small demo solar setup soon. It's been so much trial and error, but I'm getting close :)
Then surely they are willing to offer a fair price to buy it, and farm on it, right? /s
Show me 1 acre of farm land in Manhattan...
1 acre? Easy
https://civileats.com/2021/12/08/a-farm-grows-atop-a-convention-center-in-nyc/
Looks like I must eat my shorts
1 acre of shorts? Easy
That's conveniently ignoring the fact that New York State is hundreds of times larger than just the city, and a huge portion of it is rural farmland.