From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 17:13:42 -0800, Bobbie Sellers   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >   
   >On 1/8/26 16:57, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   >> Paul S Person   wrote:   
   >>> 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.)   
   >>    
   >> This depends on the area and climate.  But there are places where this   
   >> is true.   
   >>    
   >> There are even shade-loving crops that can be planted under the solar   
   >> panels, but planting and harvesting is more difficult and has to be   
   >> done by hand.  Not a problem for coffee, if you are fortunate to live   
   >> in a place where coffee can grow.   
   >> --scott   
   >>    
   >   
   >	If you do not live in a climate where a crop can grow you can make the    
   >solar panels the top of your green house and control the climate with    
   >the power the   
   >panels will generate.  Already on various TV, probably videos, shown in    
   >the SF   
   >Bay Area i have seen not only the sheep grazing but large produce operations   
   >and proper support and position of the panels would permit harvesting hard   
   >ware to operate and perhaps the panels could provide power for such a    
   >system.   
   >Great work though using somewhat reduced function robots to do manual   
   >harvesting but maybe we are better off waiting until we can get employment   
   >for the people employed in that capacity.   
      
   Sadly, those people are currently being terrorized, kidnapped, and   
   deported for no particular reason.   
   --    
   "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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