From: petertrei@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/8/2026 12:57 PM, James Nicoll wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > Paul S Person   wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 18:05:10 -0800, Dimensional Traveler   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 1/7/2026 1:34 PM, Alexander Schreiber wrote:   
   >>>> Paul S Person  wrote:   
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   >>   
   >>>>> If D Trump is so convinced that Coal is the Future of Energy, why   
   >>>>> doesn't he require each and every server farm to build a coal-burning   
   >>>>> power plant at its own expense for its own use?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Please, lets not give them ideas to build _more_ coal fired power   
   >>>> plants! Although the iron hand of the market has been busily squeezing   
   >>>> those out of service, with renewables becoming ever cheaper than coal.   
   >>>>   
   >>> Hence why he is killing renewable energy projects.  "Windmills kill   
   whales!"   
   >>   
   >> As if D Trump ever cared about whales.   
   >>   
   >> Meanwhile, it appears that solar panel farms are a bonanza to the   
   >> owner: not only can they lease the land for the panels, they can lease   
   >> it again for grazing. Cows and sheep, apparently, have no problems and   
   >> may even prefer being under the panels. (Warning: this is from an   
   >> eco-friendly news service and may be a wee bit biased.)   
   >   
   > I think I first saw that proposed for SPS rectenna farms, but the   
   > motive may have been less eco-friendly and more to convince people   
   > the SPS microwave beams weren't death rays.   
      
   I've been hearing about sheep in solar farms, but not cattle up to   
   this point.   
      
   It apparently works pretty well. The sheep get shelter from sun   
   and rain, and keep the grass mowed under the panels.   
      
   I imagine that raising them high enough for cattle might make   
   maintenance harder.   
      
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