Sickening Green Hypocrisy - MGUY EV News Monday 8 July 2024 | MGUY Australia

[@softwarephil1709]

In 20 years, the cost of decommissioning huge solar and wind farms will be astronomical. And the waste will be an environmental disaster.

[@exvictorian3605]

And us taxpayers will pay for it

[@mbhinkle]

Yes it's totally insane

[@mauharley]

Similar to a Labor government in Victoria wasting billions on a de-salination plant.

[@xr6lad]

@@mauharleywhile I acknowledge that has cost billions it is one safe guard I don’t mind having. In a country where we go through drought and rains it is handy to have. Only they mismanaged the contracts etc in typical fashion.

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

it already is to mine the crap. they need to make.

[@jamesdallas1493]

Vote the green politicians out of office!

[@berndclemenz9841]

All the politicians are meanwhile on the Green Bandwagon.

[@angusnz7910]

If voting worked we wouldn’t be allowed to do it

[@stephenrichards5386]

Did you vote? Did you vote Labour, libdems or conservative? If so you voted for this crap.

[@jamesdallas1493]

@@stephenrichards5386 vote Reform party UK

[@DwaynePipes]

@@jamesdallas1493 Reform are politicians. Politicians are all liars, every last one of them. Politicians will say anything to get into power and anything to try to stay in power. No exceptions.

[@johannabarry4672]

These green zealots are bad for my blood pressure. I love my beautiful country and what they are doing is utterly heartbreaking.

[@jparker785]

I'm going to have to move watching these videos after I take my blood pressure pill! Thought I was alone... ✌️

[@bertsrig6153]

@@jparker785you’re definitely not alone.

[@christopherlawler3033]

Totally DISGUSTING. How much money are these morons being paid to shill for the Globalist SCAM?

[@secondchance6603]

"What if a small group of world leaders were to conclude that the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions of the rich countries?... In order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?" - Maurice Strong (First Director of the United Nations Environment Program)

[@jamessones4044]

Honestly mate, I feel like I’ve stepped through and into a completely upside down world since 2020. I’d go so far as to say I really don’t want to see anymore of it. It is front and centre of every single hour of my life. I feel punch drunk with delirium. Anyway. Best of luck

[@chrisaris8756]

Can somebody explain why they want to put these pointless solar farms in the unspoilt countryside rather than land that has already been ruined - Birmingham or Leeds say

[@fredEVOIX]

just commented on Geoff talking about solar farm that they built windmill in the mountains near me not only do you see them from miles away defacing a natural area but to bring those windmills they built pretty much a highway in the middle of nowhere and a place the wildlife had peace now sees commuter traffic every morning and evening 0/10 ecology and a preserve ruined probably forever

[@matijapotic1286]

Because of money. Solar AND wind btw are very expensive to build and to maintaine, and they know how to take more money from you and you don't even realise that

[@mikapeltokorpi7671]

The power output of the solar farm is always peak output: - sun shines directly to all of the panels - no clouds or other shading in any of the panels - all the panels are spotless clean - the panels are not overheared Average power is much lower than that, and the peak output is usually in the least important time of the year. Grid battery is not helping much because those are usually designed to be cycled in six hours. Not to reserve energy for days or weeks.

[@stephenbrough8132]

Buckingham Palace seems a good place to start.

[@krismorgan]

@@stephenbrough8132 and wefminster

[@tomb8232]

Its like trudeau in Canada he flies from Ottawa to Vancouver Island to go surfing for day, thousands of liters of fuel

[@edb3877]

Classic case of "do as I say, not as I do". This is typical of hypocrites.

[@fredbloggs8072]

They're all luxury communists.

[@larryz1105]

Trudeau is a world class doosh bag

[@BCNeil]

I think his dozens of flights back and forth to Montreal are even worse. It's a 2 hour drive.

[@reekinronald6776]

@@fredbloggs8072 All communists/socialists think that they will be leaders in the glorious movement and will get a high salary, a wonderful indexed pension and a tax payer subsidized Dacha because all because the glorious movement would fail without them and their work needs to be supported. Of course, it's these people who disappear after the revolution.

[@Neverforget71324]

First hand experience: 30 acres of great pasture land are being used for solar panels, right next door to my mother-in-law's property. It used to be soo nice, beautiful and tranquil... now it's being ruined.

[@ruthannmarie7119]

Well hail storm took out hundreds here in us. Not practical at all

[@gdaytrees4728]

The stupidity of solar panels and wind turbines are angering. Killing farmland is just pushing me over the edge. The stupidity, ignorance, coupled with the arrogance of these dictator wannabes...AAAARGH!

[@secondchance6603]

"What if a small group of world leaders were to conclude that the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions of the rich countries?... In order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?" - Maurice Strong (First Director of the United Nations Environment Program)

[@Old_Geezer]

All rural areas are being ruthlessly raped. My small market town that has existed, largely unchanged for centuries and which most people have never heard of has been subjected to completely out of control building......it has been ringed on all sides with huge (relatively speaking) ugly modern housing developments and an influx of strangers who are presumably fleeing the "diverse" Hellscape of our cities. Yes, we have also been blessed with more than one sprawling solar farm on once fertile and productive fields. This has all been done on green belt and agricultural land. Absolutely no investment in infrastructure to serve a population which has probably quadrupled, at least, in the past decade. What was once a green and pleasant, albeit relatively poor, land has been transformed into what looks like an open prison......uniformly and cheaply built "noddy towns" thrown up with absolutely zero regard for aesthetics - one road into a maze of little boxes and one road out. No shops, no medical services, no additional infrastructure at all, just an ugly sprawling mess of overpriced, cramped, crowded and soulless "magnolia" painted cages. The resulting chaos all this is bringing to a once quiet backwater is horrendous, as you would imagine and has ruined the quality of life that was once the most valued aspect of having nothing but that peaceful and harmonious environment, without all the "essentials" that so many city dwellers seem unable to live without. We still have none of those things but now the tranquility has been ripped away too. As to the people whose properties have been engulfed by all the development, well, f*** them right? Those people who chose to live in a place surrounded by countryside, soothing views and peace, at the expense of doing without all the "conveniences" of the rate race have seen the values of those properties take a serious hit, situated as they are now in a sprawl of uncontrolled building. Those once pleasing vistas outside their windows, the fields, hedgerows and trees are long gone...replaced by crass and ugly cookie cutter housing estates, architecture so uniform that you could be absolutely anywhere in the UK based on what you see when you look out of your windows. Considering that native Britons are declining in number - we are not even reproducing at replacement rates any longer, and you have to ask why the need for all these new homes? I can't understand why people want to buy and live in these characterless, depressing and completely hideous rat runs. Those that do of course, imagine they are escaping to the "countryside", when in reality, they are just exchanging one depressing estate for another one and turning their escape destination into exactly what they where trying to break free from in the first place.

[@iainw5081]

@@ruthannmarie7119 Don't work that well when covered with snow.

[@bertsrig6153]

Isn’t it amazing how all these “greenies” suddenly don’t give a shit about whales, koalas, eagles, native bush and rainforest so long as they can stop any plant food from getting into the atmosphere.

[@NeilBarratt]

I don't want a car loaded with "Features" that I'll never use.

[@oliverheaviside2539]

You don’t want cameras and chemical sniffers watching with AI processing to determine if you are fit to drive? Silly boy……..

[@scottw5315]

I rented a Toyota Highlander to do a two hour drive. By the time i got their I was sick to death of warning lights, tones and the computer trying to take the wheel. I'll never buy a new car again at this rate. I have an 18 year old BMW and a twenty eight year old Ford truck. V-8s forever.

[@Aussiepete1962]

The Greens are the closest thing we have here in Australia to the communist party .

[@ThomasHalways]

That is truly a fanatic nonsense.

[@LeonieHall-c4o]

It's true​@@ThomasHalways

[@paulorchard7960]

Combined with labor they are the communist party, not just close!😅

[@bitey6709]

They pretend to be left of Labor but always find a reason to vote with the fascists.

[@6teeth318-w5k]

But they are green. Not commie red. :)

[@k.chriscaldwell4141]

"Green Hypocrite" is redundant.

[@BlisterBang]

NASCAR Electric Car racing...I'm picturing these clowns pulling into pits, getting their tires changed in 17 seconds and then sitting there for 11 hours while their battery recharges. Hysterical to even consider.

[@sahhull]

Isn't NASCAR fairly eco friendly because they use alcohol for fuel?

[@colinkelly8213]

No wind farms in the Illawarra... Install them in Sydney harbour, the Teals and luvvies will love them

[@Jackjack-zl4nt]

Better still plenty of wind in manly ,,put the windmills there😊

[@dry_rat]

They lack self awareness

[@jackoneil3933]

Does not Marxist revolution necessitate that?

[@dry_rat]

@@jackoneil3933 I suspect that you are correct. Woe betide us

[@KentoLeoDragon]

I live in an apt building and I can tell you the owners will never provide EV charging. I'm glad too, because they would jack up the rent even more.

[@bibihunden]

EVs are like the fluorescent lamps of the 80s

[@reasonablespeculation3893]

much worse

[@ahorton6786]

Cfl's

[@sahhull]

Fluorescent lamps were useful and had a longer lifespan.

[@darrylweidenhofer]

I still have them. I found a shop with old stock. My house has 3.

[@sahhull]

@@darrylweidenhofer I have a bunch of new 6ft tubes in the garage... Should keep my kitchen lit for the rest of my life.

[@randomuser3555]

Ah yes, the old NIMBY. American's and our politicians are famous for this behavior! You know, we need diversity, equity and mass acceptance of everything. Just not in Beverly Hills. LOL

[@edb3877]

Absolutely, and definitely not in The Hamptons.

[@oliverheaviside2539]

Martha’s Vineyard ring a bell?

[@secondchance6603]

@@oliverheaviside2539 Hotel Martha's Vineyard They said they came from the border, we really don't care Came here by the plane load, can't you feel our despair? Can you please keep your distance, I don't think this is right We are not ready but don't blame Biden We'll let you stay for a night There they stood in our hallway And we heard the lunch bell And we were thinking to ourselves "They should be leaving or this will be Hell" Then we whipped out our cameras and took selfies all day There were voices saying "keep them outdoors" Some said "Keep them away" There's plenty of room here at Martha's Vineyard, Such a lovely place (but it's not your place), Cause we don't like your face, Plenty of room here at Martha's Vineyard, Any time of year (you're not welcome here) They turned up in September I hope that there's no more They have to go away, they're not welcome anymore Relax it's alright ma'am They'll be forced to leave They can't stay here when they like We're going to make them leave There's plenty of room here at Martha's Vineyard, Such a lovely place (but it's not your place), Cause we don't like your face, Plenty of room here at Martha's Vineyard, Any time of year (you're not welcome here) So I called up the army, "Please there's no time." They said, "Be there in a minute, they'll all be gone by nine." We want them all taken far away, You can take them all day and night, We'll get someone else to pay. There's plenty of room here at Martha's Vineyard, Such a lovely place (but it's not your place), Cause we don't like your face, Plenty of room here at Martha's Vineyard, Any time of year (you're not welcome here)

[@randomuser3555]

@@oliverheaviside2539 Oh crap! how could I forget. The richer and bluer a city or state, the more hypocritical they are.

[@oliverheaviside2539]

@@randomuser3555 Commie “party members” always get rich at the expense of the serfs. Blue is marxist and only want to get rich. At our expense. Please reply with anything at all so I know commietube did not delete me again. 🖕The🫏

[@darrylweidenhofer]

Where are the greens from my childhood ? Long hair colourful clothing anti establishment organic food. Oh yeah they sold out.

[@onerider808]

We’re still here; we just want sensible, science-based solutions, good stewardship of the ecosystem, and in stopping the world’s largest single polluter. We are definitely not for the nonsense, nescient absurdities of those who hijacked the movement.

[@krismorgan]

If the poli`s did not have double standards they would have none!

[@christinehede7578]

Hypocrisy is rife in the greens.

[@chrisaris8756]

Electric NASCAR? Well they’ll be really short races won’t they? They tried electric motorbikes at the Isle of Man TT. They’ve abandoned them now as they could only do one lap 38 miles. Not very exciting eh?

[@bentullett6068]

Its going to be a support race just to appease the net zero lovers. The main NASCARS will still be V8's.

[@douglasfitzsimmons654]

Ah, the good old NIMBY, damn hypocrite

[@greathey1234]

It doesn't matter how many people vote for common sense, the establishment will find ways to disregard them. 14 percent vote for Reform and only 1 percent of MPs are elected. How exactly is this democracy? The same with manipulation in French election.

[@simoncrooke1644]

So sad, too bad, never mind.

[@billhesford6098]

It reminds me of New Yorkers who complained about the immigrants coming to their city.

[@secondchance6603]

They weren't complaining about immigrants they were complaining about the illegal immigrants.

[@SandiKlein]

My heart goes out to that poor woman with cancer, how cold, cruel and heartless. Greed has mad many people horrible.

[@billearl9394]

The UK is very close to the same size as Victoria, but with 60 MILLION more people. That's 12 more cities the size of Melbourne across Vic. And they want to destroy 2500 acres of the UK's best agricultural land to build a part time energy generator. England is maybe 2/3rds the size of Vic but with 50 MILLION more people.

[@secondchance6603]

"What if a small group of world leaders were to conclude that the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions of the rich countries?... In order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?" - Maurice Strong (First Director of the United Nations Environment Program)

[@gibsonj5035]

The people in the city don't care about the country side. This is because they know that meat and vegetables come from the grocery store, not the farm.

[@davetaylor4741]

I was at that meeting in Kilcoy. I am part of the group that instigated it. What it was also about is these BESS facilities that are popping up everywhere. There is the largest so far proposed for Kilcoy. These batteries burn on a regular basis. They are full of toxic chemicals. Some Einstein decided that putting this set up on the edge of Somerset Dam was a great idea. It would even sit between two creeks feeding directly into the dam. Perfectly placed to funnel the cooling water after the fire straight into Somerset Dam. This dam is part of the water catchment for Brisbane and supplies water to a vast proportion of SE Qld population. We could end up with our own Erin Brockovich scenario in Qld. It made a great movie but I don't want to be part of the Australian sequel. These batteries are being billed as the storage solution to the renewable shortfall. Boost the grid when the sun isn't shining, or the wind not blowing. In reality this is not the case. They do not have the capacity to stabilise the grid. You can't just wind them up as needed. And once spent they are useless. They are also being used as cash cows. They trade electricity by buying cheap and selling expensive. The only real benefit These dangerous structures have is to the bank balance of the company running them. This is fact not the fiction being spoon fed to us by the government. Australia does not currently have a plan that can cover the base load requirements of the Australian grid. If you turn off all the fossil fuel power the grid will collapse. All this destruction of rural farming and wildlife in the name of a project that doesn't even function. Please let people read this as the truth hurts.

[@jamesjohn9460]

As someone who originally was a follower of people like dr. Suzuki ,I left that side of the ideology due to the extraordinary amount of hypocrisy inherent in those who are its practitioners

[@secondchance6603]

"What if a small group of world leaders were to conclude that the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions of the rich countries?... In order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?" - Maurice Strong (First Director of the United Nations Environment Program)

[@billysolhurok5542]

any,and all grid upgrade expenses,need to be incorporated into the registration fees for all EV's.NOT the general public

[@xr6lad]

Love to know that Greens MP lifestyle. Betting it doesn’t exclude cars or flying in planes for holidays.

[@chrisfallis5851]

After they put out the welcome mat for tens of thousands of them.

[@iainw5081]

Also includes regular pay rises and index linked gold plated pension.

[@cliffslough7324]

My wife's car is 35 yrs old, still has the original engine, was hit by a truck, was repaired and is still going strong. I've heard of ev's being written off after having a rock dent their floor pan. Doesn't sound environmentally friendly to me.

[@pauldarderi3560]

The Teals in the northern beaches of Sydney is a prime example no windmills out off Manly beach but it's alright to put them on the south coast or farming regions these green people are the worst let's hope the madness stops when Labor are voted out.

[@johngeier8692]

The Teals are in the pockets of green carpet baggers. The massive misappropriation of taxpayers money into uneconomical and unreliable renewable energy projects needs to be stopped.

[@darkstars-torpedoes-of-truth]

I live in a teal electorate, the biggest tragedy here would be the closure of cafes.

[@hughheeney3554]

The current Australian government needs to be arrested for treason, for what it is doing to the Australian people.

[@johngeier8692]

The current triple popular delusion based energy policy is industrial scale economic vandalism. It is definitely acting contrary to the national interest.

[@jan-ovepedersen5764]

Classic example of a green NIMBY in action. They're all for it until it's in their back yard, then they yell "Not In My Back Yard" or NIMBY for short.

[@michaeldover918]

The whole plan is to create scarcity. Scarcity of the ability to move around freely, food scarcity, scarcity of cheap reliable electricity.

[@johngeier8692]

It is simply popular delusion based energy policy. It is economically destructive delusional insanity.

[@keegan773]

EV charging under apartment blocks. What a nightmare.

[@johngoard8272]

Yes Simon one only had to watch that program "Clarkson's Farm" to see that farming in the UK was so difficult as it is and yet they put this renewable shite on the agenda whether we agree or not. Now the same is happening out here it is just pure insanity. As for buying a new car well I would sooner buy a hole in the head than buy an EV!!

[@kralg]

When the first solar plants were installed here in my country I asked myself a question: is the produced electrical power worth more than the value of the food produced on the same land area? The answer was and is clearly no.

[@Chris.Davies]

I call them Watermelons: bright green on the outside, and bright red on the inside.

[@Foofrarf23]

"Rules for thee, not for me."

[@mcken34]

Stopped watching nascar when the garage door pull debacle happened.

[@oliverheaviside2539]

Well, NASCAR fans did start the FJB “Let’s Go Brandon” meme.

[@TNitroH]

Right! That was just a typical boy scout knot and was on every garage door at the track. They called the FBI and after 30 minutes the fbi said you are All crazy. Good Bye!

[@geraldkoth654]

Nascar went out the window when they stopped anyone from "running what they brung". Too many stupid rules. High school hotrodders in the 50s built better cars for STOCK CAR RACING.

[@davidsoom1551]

Two hour pit stops and six pit stops for tires. And imagine a NASCAR pileup crash with flaming batteries blowing up from 12 cars at once. But simple minds ' think anything through.

[@garreysellars5525]

As a member of Property Rights Australia I support them Great group

[@BCNeil]

They are going to change it from the Indianapolis 500. To the Indianapolis 12.

[@mikapeltokorpi7671]

Tesla is having a great Monday: "Early" Cybertucks having motor "upgrades" (recall). Model 3 Performance battery overheats in minutes in a track day/Autobahn. Breaks are not much better, either.

[@vincecarlo]

TESLA are CRAP

[@TheClaudio7078]

They push their evs while they invest in battery, solar , wind and ev stocks

[@johngeier8692]

These so called investments are highly dependent upon taxpayer funded subsidies. When the politicians run out of other people’s money to spend the subsidies will dry up and all the useless renewable energy equipment will be left to rot.

[@actualfacts1055]

The sound is the biggest attraction of NASCAR racing.

[@darrylweidenhofer]

Come to Cape York. You will never be tortured having to look at a ev. You will have to look at V8 LandCruisers.

[@chrisalley6282]

NASCAR is practically the state sport here in NC, except for ACC basketball. I stayed a fan through the introduction of restrictor plates, the shutdown of Rockingham and N Wilkesboro in favor of LA and Chicago, the Car of Tomorrow, Toyota joining, Oldsmobile and Buick exiting, stage racing, changing the name of the Winston Cup to Sprint Cup, and Dale Earnhardt's death. They lost me when they pulled that stunt with Bubba "Jussie Smollet" Wallace. Now they think they can bring back fans with EVs? HA!!

[@oliverheaviside2539]

NASCAR fans are not lefty dick sucks fawning over EVs and renewable energy. We want thousand horsepower gasoline thunder!

[@davidbarnsley8486]

Why on earth would they build solar rubbish in England when they only have 5 days of sunshine every year🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@johngeier8692]

Exactly. They only make economic sense in sunny areas between the 35th parallels. These projects are dependent upon massive taxpayer funded subsidies. They make no economic sense. Taxpayers money should not be misappropriated into uneconomical and unreliable renewable energy projects.

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

We bicycle around the Darlington Nuclear Power Station, 4 CANDU reactors, annual output of 23,000 Gigawatt hours, and there's a public bicycle path 300m from the main reactor buildings, no issues, 100% safe.

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

There are dudes with assault rifles guarding the plant, if you cross that 300m line they will come at you lol, I tested them 1 time, they told me they have authorization to fire LOL.

[@michaellewis767]

Who in the world would want to watch an Eevee NASCAR race

[@unnamedchannel1237]

Pit stops are 4 hours while battery charges .

[@h00Lia]

I love the sassy and spicy style of mguy ev news

[@mddell24]

If you have ever wondered why regular people can not get the Spec range, it is probably because the EV is tested with narrow types with low viscosity (harder rubber) tires. this gives much less air resistance and much less rolling (rubber on road) resistance. But less breaking capacity esp in rain. So EVs are probably being sold with softer rubber tires to increase braking which leads to much faster tire wear, which leads to much more dollars and that is why they are talking about the particle emissions from EV tires.

[@josephrilling9922]

First sell the solar scam Then get the farmers off the land Install the Chinese panels and watch food prices SOAR causing inflation and starvation which helps push the 15 minute city

[@paulholmes672]

The only thing green will be the Soylent Green.

[@oliverheaviside2539]

And bugs and “lab grown meat” for meals.

[@colonelflagg9669]

I've yet to be made aware of any green that is not a hypocrite.

[@rossnicoll2829]

Union super funds are heavily investing in renewable energy schemes. Hence the ALP's stance QED.

[@sterobloc6645]

I didn't realise how green I am . . . Bought a 2007 one previous owner Mazda 5, 2,ltr., petrol back in 2008 on 9,800 miles. Now at 64,500 miles 16 years later!

[@davidgriffin2918]

I still have my first car , a Charger I bought in 1988. Not only does it make me happy I still lenjoy driving it as if I just bought it. And I'm proud to say I have never bought a new car , and always bought second hand.

[@jimk3]

A few years ago, before the pandemic I had a similar discussion with a friend regarding renewables being completely untannable if we wish to continue our civilization. All I had to do to prove my point was to show him CO2 emissions of Germany with their renewables being double that of France that invested heavily into nuclear. Then compare the electricity cost between them, and finally show him the incident when Germany begged Poland to fire up more evil coal when they had a few days that weren't windy or sunny.

[@martinday2815]

I have no interest in new 2024 onwards cars due mandatory speed limiters. Pre 23 now for me.

[@RemusKingOfRome]

In Florida they are cutting down orange trees to build more units, and oranges become scarce and prices sky rocket.

[@josephrilling9922]

If solar is a good idea then fill Sydney harbor with them 😂😂

[@simoncrooke1644]

What an idiotic comment, and it's Sydney Harbour.

[@JamesHawkeYouTube]

*I'm going to be sick the next time anybody says "carbon", or "net zero".

[@cheakyblinder]

...... what was it Andrew Bridgen said a couple of years ago .... UK has 'the best politicians money can buy'.

[@martinbaggott1052]

My favorite was ‘Why do we need so many farms when we have grocery stores’ -!!!!!!!!!

[@actualfacts1055]

Oh no giant windmills in my backyard, put them in someone else's backyard, what do you think it is ?

[@skylershank9309]

In the US a few decades ago the Indy cars were racing at Phoenix Int'l. Raceway. They had a bonus race of battery powered open wheel race cars. An accident occurred and thousands of fans were evacuated due to dangerous and noxious fumes. The race series was cancelled.

[@DwaynePipes]

Decades ago?! I didn't realise that battery racing existed that far back. What kind of battery were they using back then? Edit: I found the race in question. 1992, an experimental zinc bromide battery! Well no wonder there was an issue! 😔

[@skylershank9309]

@@DwaynePipes brilliant! Thanks for searching.

[@NanjyouRan]

Why not convert parking lots into covered ones with solar panels?

[@4G12]

Solar panels that double as sunshades for cars in car parks? That makes WAY too much sense...

[@Rob-yb7ze]

NASCAR has forgotten the golden rule - "Know your customer" and they think that their "petrol heads" are going to love this?? Sell your shares in NASCAR and any companies that advertise with them, NASCAR is going down the Budlight route!

[@kadmow]

Tractor Supply.. had a short turnaround.

[@benchapple1583]

Massive solar array in England. There is one problem with this idea. Do you know what my mother land is internationally famous for? Cloudy skies and gales.

[@clydepenrod4145]

I like your program.

[@Hanking-Warry]

Hypocrisy is part of the woke mantra.

[@garreysellars5525]

Sorry Simon as a farmer we don't call them FARMS Instillation is a more fitting term Back packers who have to commit to a number of weeks on a farm are using this as farm work

[@andybrowne2117]

Who will want to go to a race and hear washing machines go round a race track ? Probably no one , i would guess !!

[@olio_benzina]

Poor Fred. I feel so sorry for him. An apartment in Sydney and a home 300km away on the coast and a Volvo EV that most people couldn't afford. And if that's not bad enough there's not enough charging stations for a carefree drive to and from his properties. Unfortunately, it's typical of so many people these days. They want everything and when they get it, they want more.

[@tanmaz8006]

🤣 this is funny.. not by my land ..

[@xr6lad]

It the Guardian that story. Obvious an attempt to demonise any opposition to an agenda the Guardian wholeheartedly supports.

[@johngeier8692]

Agenda?? It is economically destructive delusional insanity. The result of ridiculous popular delusions triumphing over critical thinking and common sense due to corrupt and weak leadership.

[@Old_Geezer]

Commie rag, not even something you'd want to wipe your behind with.

[@jamesgoggle3421]

2500 acres of farmland turned over to solar panels and guess what was growing in that farmland grass etc which was absorbing CO2 . So what will be the net co2 once it’s build an increase in CO2 levels

[@DwaynePipes]

I blame the farmers for renting out the land. Money grabbing b'strds.

[@chrisfallis5851]

Of course sunny Great Britain is the best place to put up a solar farm.

[@vincecarlo]

EPITOME of HYPOCRISY

[@lynndonharnell422]

Seeing uk stuff where rats are thriving under solar panels due to shelter from predatory birds.

[@martinbaggott1052]

Is there no way to put a stop to this insanity

[@ernsailor9041]

There should be no solar farms until every roof is full of panels (if they can take the weight). There's square miles of industrial buildings as big as a towns with no panels, it's completely wasted space, the factories even have AC because the sun heats the massive roof.

[@erroneouscode]

I worked for a metal fabrication business a few years ago. They had the sense to cover the entire roof of the industrial building with solar panels, 330 x 400w if I recall. As far as I know It met the needs of all the numerous 3 phase welders and machinery, lighting etc etc and even exported excess to the grid. Saturdays and Sundays when the business was closed would have been an added bonus to negating bills and even making profit. High grid energy costs in Australia is one of the key things that kill manufacturing here. It makes sense to cover an otherwise wasted roof space with solar to bring operating costs down to make local product more affordable and competitive. There's no shortage of multi-storey buildings and skyscrapers in major cities that could support solar panels, and or a wind turbine(s) on top of them too. What businesses don't need is employees with EVs mooching off whatever supplies their power needs as it's just adds another cost added further on down the line to whatever service or product they provide.

[@ernsailor9041]

@@erroneouscode We all moved our industries to China because of it's cheaper costs like electricity, nobody cared that they were getting the cheap energy from coal, now people are complaining that China is the climates worst enemy, we buy everything from China. I think of the warehouse roofs, all they do is store products, they are massive roof areas doing nothing.

[@johnmarston7563]

Re: NASCAR. No more 500 mile races. Actually the end of NASCAR. No noise, no fans.

[@formernorcal2530]

All the energy production technologies are competing for the energy consumer's $. One of the most effective ways for a corporation to compete for business is to get their competitor's solution declared illegal, harmful et al by the government. Hence the need for lobbiests. All major corporations do it. The greenies have gone to 11 in this regard

[@Old_Geezer]

Indeed. The tobacco industry and the assault upon them, funded largely by Big Pharma is a classic and textbook example. You might not like smoking and certainly know less smokers than you probably once did but how many people did you know back in the 60's, 70's and 80's who were hooked on harmful, highly addictive, mind altering prescription medications which is now the norm in the early 21st century? The cure for wellness is big business.

[@rodsmyth]

MGUY - noticed that you do not mention that the woman in Kingaroy purchased her hobby farm AFTER the wind had already been approved. Never let the truth get in the way of a good story I guess.

[@cedhome7945]

My boss has sheep under solar panels near melksham Wiltshire but the land owners have told him they are hoping that after the solar panels are worn out he can sell the land for building site....

[@timbodtoolman7025]

Old cars rule 🙏😎👊🏻👍😂👏

[@batmandiablo3]

In the UK it is near impossible to get permission to build houses on farmland. It is a lot easier to get permission to build solar farms on farmland. Building solar farms changes the land from farmland to "grey land". It is a LOT easier to build houses on "grey land".

[@MikeTellsIt]

Can't wait for the Nascar races with 4 hour pit stops for recharging.

[@gdaytrees4728]

4 hours to recharge? That fast? I need one of those...except, the reality is that the batteries would take 12hrs at 240volts and 100amps to race for about 40min. Not to mention that the batteries will overheat at that wattage...

[@MikeTellsIt]

@@gdaytrees4728 😯

[@GOLDKW-bl4gp]

Some of team owners own car dealerships. Rick Hendrick owns a lot of dealerships of all the car makers. Jeff Gordon on a lower scale owns a lot of car dealerships. Penske is big time owner of vehicles. Basically whatever the US Government is forcing car manufactures to do is rolling down the hill to Nascar.

[@Phil_vG]

In Victoria they are just letting Melbourne get bigger and bigger, building houses on the best farm land. Farming I is too expensive now 😢.

[@nigelcox1451]

The guy with an electric car with just enough range to drive between his properties, will be disappointed, after subsidised charging is put in, to find his range diminshes as the car ages, and he runs out a short distance from journey end. In the UK, some service engineers working on solar farms, were given electric vans. But despite the solar farm producing electricity for the grid, there is no power supply at the farm. So all tools have to be battery, and ironically, nowhere to charge the van. After a day at work, they have to travel a short distance to the nearest charge point, wait, as the van charges, so then they can go home. WTF is an 'offshore gird'? It has to connect to the land grid, or the electricity generated will be inaccessible. Politician - common sense. Two ends of a see-saw?

[@lynnryckman7300]

Have large solar farm less 1/2 mile from my property, I believe you can actually feel the extra heat it radiates at even the distance I live from it. As far as the wild the flowers supposed to be planted in the project all I see is half cooked grass on a hot day as I drive by. Might even be a fire hazard if a dearth of rain occurs.

[@eds7343]

They did a solar panel farm one of the states in the US and after ONE hailstorm they were all damaged.

[@gazzafloss]

Great, NASCAR now becoming a big slot car set, the fans will love that. BAH!

[@ThierryDixon]

I still happily drive a 1975 Citroen GS and I smile every mile I drive 😂😂😂😂😂

[@stevewiles7132]

Bob Brown of the Australian greens refused to allow wind turbines to be built near his property.