People like the idea of solar farms in the abstract, but hundreds of communities around the world are currently fighting them because they require 300-600x more land than other energy sources, produce 300x more toxic waste, and devastate critical wildlife habitats.

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Not to mention a horrible eye soar. My heart sinks when I drive by the huge fields of solar panels as far as they eye can see to the horizon, which all used to be farm fields and wooded areas.