Town Rejects Solar Farms After Complaints That They Would “Suck Up All the Energy from the Sun”

[Jane Mann] is concerned that photosynthesis, which depends upon sunlight, would not happen and would keep the plants from growing. She said she has observed areas near solar panels where the plants are brown and dead because they did not get enough sunlight.
She also questioned the high number of cancer deaths in the area, saying no one could tell her that solar panels didn’t cause cancer.
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Bobby Mann said he watched communities dry up when I-95 came along and warned that would happen to Woodland because of the solar farms.
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He said the solar farms would suck up all the energy from the sun and businesses would not come to Woodland...
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/12/13/town-rejects-solar-farms-after-complaints-that-they-would-suck-up-all-the-energy-from-the-sun/