The Times-Picayune
It’s almost lyrical, the way that the people of Earth turn their shining faces up to the sun, the source of clean and inexpensive power for their futures.
Unless you live close to a solar farm. Then the lyricism can fade quickly into a surprisingly bitter debate over setbacks, zoning and “eyesores.”
The latter word came from a leader in Pointe Coupee Parish, where flat land near cities and, significantly, transmission lines in rural Louisiana are making “solar farms” the new battle lines over development.