Fire a major hidden danger for solar farms
A recent report by Firetrace International found that the solar industry is potentially underestimating the risk of fire at solar farms, partly due to a shortage of data on solar farm fires. The report also said that research into the issue has given rise to suspicions that fires at solar farms have been under-reported.
Proposed Solar Farm - Increased Flooding?
Clifford PA last fall after heavy rains on Elk Mountain. Now they want to strip vegetation from hundreds of acres for a solar farm uphill from downtown Clifford. How deep do you think the water will be after the next rain with all those acres of vegetation removed?
Increased risk of flooding is just one of township residents' concerns about the proposed solar farm in Clifford, PA..
The Dark side of solar - 10 reasons solar is dangerous
1. Industrial-scale solar power plants should not be placed on land already zoned for A-1 (agricultural) and RA (rural area) use.
The local planning commission and boards of supervisors should vote to reject industrial-scale solar power plants based on this reason alone.
2. The land (forest, farmland, vegetation, soil) is forever destroyed.
Despite current discussions regarding decommissioning, the reality is that this rural land will be lost forever. Industrial-scale solar projects are typically for 30-40 years.
Construction of an industrial-scale solar power plant requires removal of trees, brush and root balls prior to installation of the arrays, creating an ecological wasteland. Grading, pile driving, blasting, electric cable trenching and road construction will compact the soil, likely delaying agricultural use for years after the project’s end.
Stripping and compaction removes topsoil, destroys healthy soil organisms and allows for invasion of exotic plants that choke out native species.
3. Solar projects should not be placed near wetlands, rivers, streams, tributaries to avoid immediate damage to water quality, and possible contamination-ecological disasters.
Uncontrolled runoff of water and topsoil is a well-documented byproduct of industrial-scale solar site development. This massive increase in watershed sedimentation impacts all downstream rivers and estuaries. Water contamination doesn’t stop with the end of construction. Removal of all trees and deep-rooted plants, along with inadequate stormwater controls lead to long-term runoff and water contamination issues. Local municipalities usually do not have adequate resources to monitor construction and stormwater violations and, even when properly monitored, site developers have no problem paying fines, and there is no effective check on environmental damage.
4. Solar power plants destroy wildlife habitat.
Perimeter fencing, often 6-feet high and topped with barbed wire, will restrict movement of wildlife in the area. Removal of vegetation will impact bird population and other wildlife.
5. Solar power plants threaten preservation and should not destroy historic sites.
Many rural areas are the last undeveloped sites that contain prehistoric and historic archaeological deposits. Industrial development of these sites results in the irreversible loss of our history. In the Virginia Piedmont, this includes evidence of Native American settlements, early American settlement, Revolutionary and Civil War encampments and battlefields. Industrial development of these sites results in the irreversible loss of our history
6. A decline in eco and historical tourism.
Destruction of rural landscapes and areas of historic interest result in the decline in eco and historical-tourism (or may prevent the development of these industries), reducing the prosperity of the local community.
7. Solar power generation is very inefficient when looking at the amount of land “consumed.”
Solar power’s inefficiency argues for proper siting on brownfields, industrial areas, and commercial and residential rooftops - not on open or forested, agricultural and rural land.
8. Undermining of local residents' property values.
Based on recent studies, the expected reduction in property value ranged from 5-25% depending on proximity.
9. The bill for decommissioning projects will likely be passed on to taxpayers.
Insufficient surety fund by the developer could result in county responsibility for decommissioning costs. Net Decommissioning costs can range from $43,584/MW to $101,915/MW. No plan and cost should ever be approved without a full understanding of the cost to return the land to its original condition, and the county should not be responsible for this cost.
10. When the local community has clearly expressed concern and opposition.
Local planning commissions and boards of supervisors should vote to reject industrial-scale solar power plants when people in the community oppose it. With time, greater awareness of solar issues and accountability will take place.
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They Are Coming For Your Kid’s Mind – Again
In case you don’t yet understand, there are a lot of people with a lot of money and a lot of power who are working overtime to destroy the nuclear family. Karl Marx understood why. If you want to overthrow a society and replace it with a totalitarian government, you must start by abolishing the family.
The cutting edge of this effort is transgender ideology, which quite literally aims to eliminate the basic building blocks of what it calls the ‘patriarchy’. The simplest and most effective way to spread this ideology? Inject it into the minds of children. Shape them in the image of the state you wish to build.
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OpEd: Shapiro Was Wolf's Enforcer - Time For Him To Be Held
Josh Shapiro is the Attorney-General of the state of Pennsylvania. Now he wants to be Governor. Apparently, he believes that Pennsylvanians suffer from some rare form of collective amnesia and cannot remember what he has done while in office.
Pennsylvania’s current Governor Wolf imposed some of the most draconian and unconstitutional COVID lockdown measures in the nation. Shapiro, as the chief law enforcement officer of the state, was the muscle for that totalitarian assault on the civil liberties of Pennsylvanians.
Wolf crushed small businesses. Wolf mandated that schoolchildren be masked. Wolf shoved COVID patients into nursing homes and killed thousands of Pennsylvania’s seniors. Read full article here.
Over sixty PA-based patriot groups to sign election integrit
Harrisburg You Have A Problem - Pennsylvania Patriot Groups
On April 30th the leaders of over forty Patriot groups in the state, including some of the very largest, gathered together and crafted a demand to the legislature. It reads as follows:
Did Moderna Trial Data Predict ‘Pandemic of the Vaccinated?’
A new study based on Moderna’s Phase 3 clinical trial data suggests recipients of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine may be more likely to suffer repeated infections, perhaps indefinitely.
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