Commentary
Solar is the future, we’re told. It’s risk-free, we’re assured. But it’s not.
Solar energy is inefficient. It’s also costly, not just financially but also environmentally.
The world is in the midst of a food security crisis. Now, in an effort to combat this escalating crisis, China, the most populated country in the world, is considering banning solar developers from building solar panels on farmland.
The Irish Independent recently reported that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is seriously considering making “forests and cultivated farmland off-limits for solar development.”
Why?
After all, China invested heavily in various solar power projects. According to Bloomberg, investment in solar development “was 29 billion yuan ($4.3 billion) from January through April, about 204% higher than in the same period a year earlier.”…