From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 09:36:31 -0500 (EST), kludge@panix.com (Scott   
   Dorsey) wrote:   
      
   >James Nicoll  wrote:   
   >>James Nicoll  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>I suddenly wonder how my brother keeps his goats off his solar    
   >>>panels. Goats love to climb.   
   >>   
   >>Asked and yeah, goats will if possible clamper onto any array that    
   >>offers foot holds. Esp young goats.     
   >   
   >I can't believe goats won't eat major parts of solar panels and systems.   
   >They ate my friend's toyota.   
      
   Just for the record:   
      
   1. I don't recall goats being mentioned in this context, except (of   
   course) here. Not that I doubt that they behave as indicated.   
      
   2. I'm not sure I actually read anything about cows. It is entirely   
   possible that I only read about sheep.   
      
   3. The sheep, then, were said to be better fed (larger) and healthier   
   under the panels   
      
   4. Of course, "panels" is what I recall. Wind farms could have been   
   included (although I suspect the rain protection would have been   
   less).   
      
   My point, though, is the economics: land lost to these energy sources   
   is not necessarily land lost to other uses as well.   
      
   And I suspect it will be the economics that drives willingness to   
   lease land for these facilities.   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
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