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Tony Bark@pawb.social to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 12 days ago

How wind and solar power helps keep America’s farms alive

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How wind and solar power helps keep America’s farms alive

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Tony Bark@pawb.social to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 12 days ago
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Rural counties also benefit in jobs, manufacturing and tax revenue that will be hard to replace as the US government slashes support for the industries.
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    My uncle has many wind turbines on his farm. IIRC he told me he got $25k/yr for each. That was in 2022

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