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The image on the right makes way more logical sense than the image on the left.

@JamesMelville These are just some of the solar projects being considered by @Ed_Miliband in the midlands.

This is the diametric opposite of environmental sustainability. It’s corporatism land grabbing and a huge wealth transfer facilitated by governments. As well as creating localised temperature increases, the majority of mass solar panels will end up in landfills after 25-30 years.

@JamesMelville For every unit of electricity produced solar panels emit four units of heat adding to atmospheric heating.

An inconvenient truth about solar panels…

▪️ Total value of solar panels exported from China to the UK in the first half of 2023 alone = £300 million ▪️45% of UK imports of solar modules came from China in 2022 ▪️ The production of solar panels in the Xinjiang region linked to the alleged exploitation of Uyghur Muslims.

“This new Government is already in danger of playing fast and loose with the country’s energy and food security… The Prime Minister needs to rein Ed Miliband in before he does further damage.” @Telegraph #CostOfNetZero 👉telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/1…

@Ed_Miliband It would be great to see details of this plan. @Ed_Miliband

The Government will unleash a UK solar rooftop revolution. We want to bring this win-win technology to millions of addresses in the UK so people can provide their own electricity, cut their bills, and at the same time help fight climate change. ☀️ #cobssid=s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/environment/ar…

@GeoffBeacon @CPRE Solar developers want to panel 12.5% our Newark & Sherwood’s farmland. This is disproportionate

@CPRE Proportion of UK fields taken by solar panels - almost nil and ... U of Keel: Why solar farms can benefit wildlife keele.ac.uk/about/news/202…

@SamMaclaine @CPRE This is the impact in Newark and Sherwood. 10,000 acres of solar panels consuming 12.5% of the region’s farmland. This is equivalent to the size of Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Manchester airports combined.

@CPRE Are you also advocating a roof-top first approach for Golf courses ? You didn't seem to be so keen on protecting the countryside from them 🤔

@SCoastSteve @CPRE Who does it cost 2.5 times more? The business model of the solar developers should not be a consideration when it comes to protecting the countryside.

Average cost of rooftop installs (I have 300kw) is about 2.5 x ground level large solar arrays. We want cheap power don't we? Plant a hedge and trees around the boundary and a solar farm becomes invisible. In the medium term we will find the screening hedgerows and the land covered by the solar array will become a haven for wildlife and flora. Look on the positive side.

@CPRE It would be nice to see the detail of Miliband’s plan to ensure that these are not simply hollow words

@NetZeroWatch Why these panels can’t be on rooftops is a mystery

Campaigners opposed to a 2,500-acre solar farm said they were "shell-shocked" after the plan was approved by Ed Miliband. Opponents say the scheme takes some of the most productive land in the UK out of use, against the expert advice of the examiners. #CostOfNetZero 👉bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

.@UKLabour criticized private ownership of utilities for years. Now they’ve approved solar projects like Sunnica, Mallards Pass, and Gate Burton, all backed by big private investors. Voters deserve consistency! @Ed_Miliband @Keir_Starmer #Hypocrisy #PoliticalIntegrity #Labour

@DewiEirig @Jamie_Blackett All of the utility scale solar proposals are in England.

@Jamie_Blackett Will that only apply to England?

The strange case of the moving of the goalposts to accommodate solar “farms” on Grade 3b land. telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/1…

@NoFarmsNoFoods Absolutely

Food security must be protected. Solar panels should not be put on prime agricultural land. Put them on rooftops or brownfield land.

@tommlancaster @Telegraph Solar developers want to consume 12.5% of the farmland in @NSDCouncil area not just the 0.5% you are claiming.

Our letter in the @Telegraph on the biggest risk to food security Hint - it’s not solar farms…

@tommlancaster Why do the ‘pro-solar’ lobby assume this article is anti-solar? Why don’t they push to exploit the ample roof space which is already available first? Rooftop solar mostly needs no planning permission and brings production closer to consumers.

Another day, another solar farm rant in the Telegraph A proper full house of anti-solar farm talking points that fall over under the slightest bit of interrogation So let's have a go shall we...

@tommlancaster ‘Moderate’ for what? Grade 3b land is often perfect for growing cereals.

It then goes on to say that grade 3b land is in fact great When the reality is that it is 'moderate', as per the old MAFF guidance from 1988 Good for grass, and some cereals, mainly for animal feed So no real risk that we will need to import 'thousands of loaves of bread'...

Read the full statement ⬇️ #stoplimedown questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statem…

@NoFarmsNoFoods All other options should be exhausted before productive farmland is turned over to solar.

UK 🇬🇧 “Local councils will be urged by ministers not to approve planning permission for solar farms on high-quality farmland as part of a new drive to protect food security.” farminguk.com/news/solar-pan…

Please follow the link and sign the petition to protect UK farmland from mega solar farms. search.app/iuNjUu52QqRYGu…