Fighting 'Solar Farm' Installation

[Rockbadchild]

Lets start with Windsor, Toronto and Ottawa, eh?

exactly what I was thinking

 

[LouNY]

That little installation wouldn't need any big towers.
They sight these systems in close proximity to 3 phase power lines that are close to existing transformer sub stations.
And feed into the grid from there.

 

[dodge man]

I’ve seen all sorts of reasons people didn’t want wind farms or solar farms through my work. The noise, shadow flicker etc. If they are built correctly none of that is an issue. Amazingly my opinion is the biggest drawback is having to look at them, but for some reason people don’t want to say they are ugly, like that isn’t a legitimate complaint.

I read somewhere that when rural electric went in people thought all those power poles and lines were the ugliest thing ever. Now we don’t even think about it.

 

[JJT]

This is the view from my back porch. Imagine if it became the second picture?View attachment 794117View attachment 794118

I hope you own that property, if not are you helping to pay the property taxes? If not, the owner should be able to do what they want, with their property.....

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

I hope you own that property, if not are you helping to pay the property taxes? If not, the owner should be able to do what they want, with their property.....

I own it but only so far. Certainly towers eventually could go on mountains ruining views. People should be able doing what they want on their property but I respect my neighbors. When I built horse stable I wanted it fairly close to house but not so it would interfere with our closest neighbors view.
That's the point.

 

[Jstpssng]

This is the view from my back porch. Imagine if it became the second picture?View attachment 794117View attachment 794118

That's progress, but they can do better. You should be able to fit at least a dozen windmills on those hills in the background.

 

[jyoutz]

This is the view from my back porch. Imagine if it became the second picture?View attachment 794117View attachment 794118

If you don’t own that land or its not public land, your future view could also be:

 

[2manyrocks]

I read somewhere that when rural electric went in people thought all those power poles and lines were the ugliest thing ever. Now we don’t even think about it.

I look at my farm and wonder what it used to look like before all the power lines and phone lines crossed it. They aren't pretty.

 

[Peter 315]

If you don’t own that land or its not public land, your future view could also be:

View attachment 794120

That is what happened to a hay field I got my hay from. A super wally world was built...

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

There are common sense ways things can be done to the benefit of all. There are three Walmarts within 15-20 minutes of us. They're all located off of a main highway in already commercial areas which is fine.
Our local power company tried a windmill which didn't work out and removed it. Walmart would never build off on secondary roads.
A solar panel area out of view wouldn't matter...but we get so many cloudy days (it's raining now) I don't believe they would be very efficient here.