After hearing testimony about the potential environmental effects of a solar complex and the precedent its construction could set for the area, Kent County Levy Court denied plans for the proposed 230,000-panel Cedar Creek Solar facility. “These solar farms are going to happen, but the county has to do our homework first and make sure we do it right,” Commissioner Terry Pepper said after casting his vote, which decided the fate of the complex. “I was standing on the fence, and I got pushed over, and you folks, your testimony did that for me tonight.”
- Why would we add this, when we can add so many new homes instead?! — Gayle Dolinger
- Right? Not enough ka-ching noises were going off. — Kevin K.C. VanBuskirk
- Stick to nuclear and spare the land for natural use. — Pete Schonert
- Yes, and that worked so well at Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima Daiichi. Nuclear isn’t even efficient any longer. That’s why they are shutting down a lot of nuke plants now. And yes, the bottom line in anything is money. — Charlie Harper
- It’s worked better than fossil fuel. With molten salt and thorium reactors on the way, nuclear reactors have never been safer. But you’re right, it is a bottom-line issue. — Pete Schonert
