The Columbus Dispatch

Solar energy isn’t as green as you think

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Could it be that solar farms are just one of the many ways the United Nation divides people in the United States so they achieve their goal of one world government by 2030?

What better way than taking control of massive amounts land? I am not against solar, but it should be put in double duty areas, not in food production areas.

We know that plants give off oxygen and take in carbon dioxide.

This is called photosynth­esis.

According to a Michigan State study, corn absorbs 36,000 pounds of carbon per acre per year. An acre of grass draws down 920 pounds of carbon per year. An acre of solar panels where corn once grew will be a net loss of 35,080 pounds of carbon taken from the atmosphere.

The environmen­tal impacts with solar panels are land and water pollution, habitat loss and use of highly hazardous materials in the manufactur­ing process, not to mention the landfill problems when they need to be discarded.

With 84 solar farms, each over 1,000 acres, planned in Ohio alone, do you want to depend upon other countries for our food and fuel?

I prefer the American farmer and other small U.S. businesses that produce food and or fuel which is completely renewable. Does it get any greener than this?

Linda Bishop, Findlay

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