Solar Panels On Farmland? Really?

Solar Panels On Farmland

“Yeah but the land can be farmed after the solar complex is done in 20-30 years.”

No, it can’t. And pretending that it can is allowing ORES, the state, and foreign developers to put a “band-aid” over what they are really doing to our PRIME (not inactive) farmland and grassland habitats.

When I started researching all of this in October, one of the most shocking things I discovered was the “decommissioning” plan that ORES has for its foreign developers.

There will come a time when the solar complex is no longer needed (this will come much sooner than 20-years as the technology will be obsolete in 2-4 years).

The site will need to be decommissioned.

As ORES permit language states: “All equipment and components shall be removed to a minimum depth of three (3) feet below grade.”

Anything deeper than 3 feet will be LEFT IN THE GROUND.

Most utility-scale solar uses driven steel piles. They are often 6–12 feet deep (in the case of Fort Edward Solar, even deeper). If only 3 feet must be removed, the top section is cut off and the remaining 3–9 feet of steel will stay underground.

Solar farms require medium-voltage cable networks, conduit systems, grounding grids, these are typically buried 3–5+ feet deep. Anything below the 3 foot mark will be left in the ground.

Not to mention the cadmium, lead, etc. that leaches off the panels while they are mounted, as well as the herbicides sprayed below the panels to manage vegetation (as well as the glass shards that end up in the soil – see statements from the Potato Growers Association of Michigan, etc.).

This is what happens when a shadow agency, ORES, is created sneakily in a 2020 budget bill with no oversight or checks/balances placed on it. The DEC now answers TO ORES. And ORES profits from developer fees… the more permits it approves, the more money it makes.

The result? Impending environmental catastrophes the likes of which you have never seen.

The idea that this land can be farmed during or after the solar complex is installed is a lie these solar companies are telling aging landowners in an effort to get them to lease over their land.

Do you know how many people I have spoken to with regrets? If they had known what would actually become of their soil?

This cannot be allowed to go on.

Wind Turbine Failures

Wind Turbine Failures

Mark Smith writes:

*I raised a stink with a Facebook fact checkers when I posted how expensive windmill solar energy was. He or she blocked my post telling me that it was one the cheapest forms of energy and what I said was false. I disagreed and wrote another post with more evidence that I was right in the facts presented.
They backed off when I posted another article with the same premise about windmill energy cost with more facts; fortunately with all the many tech books and science magazines in my possession, and this included the internet; I resubmitted evidence that was contrary to the conclusion in that the fact checkers opinion was wrong; in that he or she was actually mistaken; these fact checkers did not include the billions of federally funded dollars dumped into the technology; all to support windmill development with it’s present mechanical problems in that many of these companies were manipulating the books. It is surprising how much fraud goes into these so called clean energy pet projects. The fact checker would have been right, but he or she did not take into account the billions of dollars dumped into research and development along with upkeep of the equipment. The problems being mechanical failure, gearbox failure, hiccups with bearings wearing out and over heating, thus causing wind turbine fires, you had structural collapse, weather related hits, such as lightning, foreign objects striking the blades, metal fatigue and composite material deterioration causing blade failure, and poor structural design with poor maintenance.
What is sad they never took into consideration how the minimum profits are puffed with billions of federally funded dollars. The same goes for the billions of dollars in yearly tax breaks made for these companies. It was the same tax breaks that were included in propping up the solar panel companies during the Obama years. If it wasn’t for all this government support subsidizing these companies, these ugly windmills would not be polluting the landscape; thus no longer existing, but just being memories as failed entities.
The second posting remained up with no further corrections or being blocked again by the Facebook fact checkers.

Key Ocean Current Faltering, Raising Risk Of “Ice Age”-Like Cooling

Gulf Stream

And just like that we’re free from climate hysteria and worried about a new “ice age”…Funny how that works, isn’t it? 

A new study in Communications Earth & Environment warns that a key Atlantic current could near collapse within decades, potentially triggering an “ice age” scenario and major sea-level rise, according to the NY Post.

The research, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Oceanology and UC San Diego, focuses on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), the “conveyor belt of the ocean” that includes the Gulf Stream and helps keep Europe, the U.K., and the U.S. East Coast relatively mild.

The Post writes that the study argues that warming temperatures are melting the Greenland ice sheet, sending freshwater into the North Atlantic and slowing the AMOC. Researchers say they’ve detected a related “distinctive temperature fingerprint” several thousand feet below the surface.

“Here we identify a distinctive temperature fingerprint in the equatorial Atlantic that signals the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation change,” they wrote, adding that its “robust physical mechanism and reliable detection make [this fingerprint] a valuable metric for AMOC monitoring in a warming climate.”

Using the MITgcm climate model and ocean data back to 1960, the team concludes the AMOC has been weakening since the late 20th century and could collapse before 2100. If that happened, Europe could face drastic cooling — possibly nearly 60 degrees — and drier conditions. As Jonathan Bamber told the Daily Mail, “Winters would be more typical of Arctic Canada and precipitation would decrease, also.”

Reuters notes the AMOC last collapsed before the Ice Age ended roughly 12,000 years ago.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/key-ocean-current-faltering-raising-risk-ice-age-cooling

The Globalist Playbook, Unmasked: von der Leyen’s Chilling Vision for Europe

von der Leyen's Chilling Vision for Europe

Camus writes on x:
In a revealing exchange, unelected EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen demonstrated precisely why she is a stalwart of the globalist elite. Confronted with President Trump’s accurate assessment of their failing climate and immigration policies, her response was a masterclass in bureaucratic arrogance.

What is she really saying? Strip away the polished, WEF-trained rhetoric, and this is the agenda:

On Sovereignty: She claims “we decide who comes to Europe,” but this “we” is not the people of Europe. It is the unaccountable bureaucracy in Brussels, systematically dismantling national borders and identity. She speaks of “limiting migration” while presiding over a system that has incentivized illegal mass migration, eroding the security and cultural fabric of member nations.

– On Energy & The “Climate Con”: When challenged on the disastrous economic cost of the green agenda, she doubles down. Her commitment to renewables is not about the environment; it is about control. By making Europe dependent on unreliable, expensive “homegrown” energy like wind and solar, she centralizes power in Brussels. She admits the goal is “independence,” but it is an independence from affordable, reliable energy and from global partners like the US, making Europe weaker and its citizens poorer. This is the “gigantic con job” in action—sacrificing prosperity on the altar of a globalist climate cult.

– On Defying the Will of the People: Most tellingly, she boasts that the EU will “stay the course” no matter what. This is the ultimate admission. The concerns of citizens, the warnings of allied leaders, and economic reality are irrelevant. The unelected leadership has a “clear” plan, agreed upon by themselves, and the public’s voice is an inconvenience to be ignored.

Von der Leyen doesn’t represent European voters; she represents the Davos consensus. Her vision is one of a fortress Europe, ruled by technocrats, divorced from democratic accountability, and marching in lockstep towards a deindustrialized, controlled future. This is the globalist blueprint, and she is its chief engineer.

https://x.com/newstart_2024/status/1971611246219973066

The CO2 Climate Narrative Collapses Under Basic Physics

CO2 Cause Of Global Warming Impossible

For years, we’ve been told that CO2—a trace gas at just 0.04% of the atmosphere—controls Earth’s climate. But a new study in Science of Climate Change exposes the flaw: The data doesn’t add up.

– 93% of warming is in the oceans, yet their temperatures jump erratically, ignoring CO2’s steady rise.

– 1963–70: Cooling. 1970–80: Warming. Post-2000: Stability. Why? Natural solar cycles, clouds, and aerosols—not CO2.

– Satellite and ARGO data confirm: Earth warms when solar input increases. Not because of a trace gas. The IPCC’s models overstate CO2’s role while ignoring the sun’s dominance. Even the remaining 25% of warming is uncertain—cleaner air (fewer aerosols) means fewer clouds, which also warms the planet.

Conclusion: CO2’s impact is minimal. Climate sensitivity is overestimated. No apocalypse—just natural variability. Yet trillions depend on the myth. Who benefits from the fear? The science is settled—just not how they claimed.

https://scienceofclimatechange.org/wp-content/uploads/SCC-Vol5.3-Huijser-Balancing-Act.pdf

Carbon Capture Alternatives

Carbon Capture Alternatives

G’day Grok,

Just saw a post that claimed the world’s first carbon capture plant cost $4.5 million and removes 900 tons of carbon, the same about as $7,500 worth of trees.

Is this accurate?

G’day! Yeah, that claim checks out pretty well—it’s referring to Climeworks’ first commercial-scale direct air capture (DAC) plant in Hinwil, Switzerland, which went online in 2017. Here’s a quick breakdown:

The Plant Details

Capacity: It captures about 900 metric tons of CO2 per year from the air and pipes it to a nearby greenhouse to enhance tomato growth (replacing fossil-fuel-derived CO2).

Cost: Development and construction ran around 3–4 million EUR (roughly $3.3–4.4 million USD at 2017 exchange rates), which is very close to the $4.5 million figure—likely a rounded-up estimate including initial ops or inflation adjustments. This was indeed the world’s first commercial DAC facility at the time.

The Tree Comparison
The “equivalent to $7,500 worth of trees” is a fair apples-to-apples (er, tons-to-trunks) estimate for annual CO2 removal, based on standard reforestation math:

An average mature tree sequesters about 25 kg (0.025 metric tons) of CO2 per year.

To match 900 tons/year, you’d need roughly 36,000 trees (900 ÷ 0.025 = 36,000).

In large-scale reforestation projects (e.g., in the tropics or bulk campaigns), planting costs can drop to $0.10–$0.20 per tree when done at volume, covering seedlings, labor, and site prep. At ~$0.21 per tree, that’s exactly $7,500 (36,000 × 0.21).

Of course, trees take years to mature and require ongoing maintenance to hit that sequestration rate, while the plant runs immediately and reliably. But the post’s point stands: nature’s still a bargain compared to high-tech hardware.

Actual True Data on Rising Sea Levels

Actual True Data on Rising Sea Levels

THE CLIMATE REPORT FROM HELL

At the end of July, the U.S. Department of Energy published a report that sent the entire American climate-industrial complex into a frenzy. Titled “A Critical Review of the Impact of Greenhouse Gases on the U.S. Climate”, the report immediately provoked a fierce reaction from the climate movement’s mouthpiece, *The New York Times*: “The report is written by climate skeptics who undermine scientific consensus, an attack on all serious climate research. The five scientists behind the Department of Energy’s report falsify data and draw conclusions far removed from the UN’s climate warnings, which form the basis for the green transition.” This was followed by over 60,000 protest letters to the Department of Energy and a barrage of lawsuits from institutions like the Environmental Defense Fund and the Union of Concerned Scientists.

The report, authored by five prominent scientists, including former Obama administration Department of Energy research director Steven Koonin and Professor Judith Curry, is not a malicious attack on the UN’s climate scenarios but a sober, factual, and compelling presentation of 200 years of concrete measurements and documented observations of climate development in the U.S. To understand the outrage and fury of the American climate mafia, it’s crucial to note the movement’s fundamental creed, as outlined in a 2008 report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which declares that human-made greenhouse gases, particularly CO2, are dangerous to human life and health, recommending that emissions be reduced as much as possible.

However, the current Department of Energy report clarifies that elevated CO2 levels (which no one disputes) have increased plant growth and Earth’s green areas, accelerating productivity and crop yields in agriculture. It further concludes that existing climate models are burdened by unrealistic catastrophe scenarios, rendering them unreliable as forecasting tools. Thus, climate researchers exaggerate long-term trends in extreme weather in the U.S. The frequency and intensity of tornadoes, floods, and droughts have not increased abnormally. The climate movement and media wrongly and without evidence attribute extreme weather to increased atmospheric CO2. The report does not deny that CO2 emissions may affect the climate but calls for scientific documentation of their interaction with the sun’s influence on Earth, cloud formation, and movements in wind and ocean currents, which have been the dominant climate drivers for billions of years.

The rage and hysteria surrounding the climate report have reached new heights because the throne of the climate activists’ doomsday empire is beginning to wobble. More and more scientific heavyweights are emerging as doomsday deniers, most recently Nobel Prize-winning physicist John Clauser, who has presented analyses concluding that “there is no climate crisis.” The climate-industrial complex, encompassing universities, media, and nearly all politicians, has responded by academically exiling Professor Clauser, who is now barred from speaking, lecturing, or debating in Western democracies. The same applies to the report’s co-author, Dr. Judith Curry, who has been bullied out of her professorship at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She has dared to present facts showing that deaths from extreme weather have decreased more than 100-fold and that humanity has experienced cultural and technological flourishing during Earth’s warm periods. Since 1850, the planet has warmed by 1.3 degrees Celsius, which has only had positive effects on human life and welfare. Professor Curry is not afraid to state that climate science no longer rests on serious research but has become pseudoscience, driven by careerism, funding, income, and tenure in academia. If you align with the doomsday narrative, you get a career and success. If not, you’re finished. Curry calls for open and unbiased scientific debate: “Disagreement is the salt of science,” she says.

With the current Department of Energy climate report, she has sparked that debate, but it has been met only with hatred, condemnation, and rejection. The sober and unbiased climate debate is struggling, not least because climate activists sense that voters in Western democracies are beginning to realize they’ve been misled and deceived by the golden promises of the green transition.

Europe is being driven into decline compared to the U.S., China, and India as a result of the green assault on our societies. Today, Germany and Spain derive about 55 percent of their energy from wind and solar. Germany has shut down its nuclear power plants, and Spain is in the process of doing the same. This trend is evident across the EU. The result is energy shortages, sky-high energy prices, and massive imports from Russia, which can finance its entire Ukraine campaign with the influx of energy euros.

In 2008, the economies of the Eurozone and the U.S. were at similar levels. Today, U.S. GDP per capita is nearly double that of Europe. While the U.S. extracted shale gas and invested in innovation and growth, Europe chose to tax itself into an economic slowdown. Europe’s technological elite companies are Siemens, Vestas, and Ørsted. The U.S. has Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, and Open AI. The four largest U.S. companies are worth more than all 402 companies on the MSCI Europe stock index combined.

When European politicians twenty years ago wholeheartedly embraced Al Gore’s doomsday narrative, predicting six-meter sea level rises, no more snow or ice, and famine, it was because the doomsday story offered new opportunities to control the electorate. If a better climate depends on individual citizens’ diets, clothing, transportation patterns, and energy consumption, then it must also be true that a government for the sake of the climate can micromanage its citizens’ behavior from cradle to grave. And so they do. The commitment to the doomsday doctrine has given politicians their wildest dream on a silver platter: the nanny state.

We need a popular uprising to restore common sense, healthy skepticism, and judgment in the climate debate. The first politicians are beginning to slip out the climate backdoor. We must hope that the courageous and sober report from the U.S. Department of Energy motivates many more to follow suit. We need to turn the climate narrative around. Otherwise, only poverty and hardship await us.

By Asker Aamund.com 20/08/25 (translated from Danish)