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And their vote counts more than yours because they live in rural districts with lower populations. Smh at "democracy."

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[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] rabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah, and? Most crops need more than just a few hours per day of sunlight. Those panels are HUGE. Way bigger than the shadow we're seeing.

But more to the point, what are they even growing there? It looks like ivy that turns into some indistinct shrub, and then there are flower bushes behind that? Also those panels look like they're about 20-30cm thick when you compare them to the people vaguely "harvesting" the crops. And I'm pretty sure those posts holding them up are basically railroad rails with no support on the back of the panels.

[–] Tower@lemmy.zip 1 points 40 minutes ago

Agrivoltaics is the term for combining crops and solar

Reverse image search leads to: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/agrivoltaics-of-solar-power-and-farming-are-a-big-success-on-this-boulder-farm/

Attribution is: "Jack’s Solar Farm – Photo by Werner Slocum: NREL"

Searching that name returns this person, listed as a photographer with National Renewable Energy Laboratory: https://www.linkedin.com/in/werner-slocum-7976503