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Counties are blocking wind and solar across the US (www.usatoday.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Counties are blocking wind and solar across the US::Local governments across the U.S. are blocking new clean energy plants. See the best locations for wind and solar power, and where it's being stopped.

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[–] greenskye@lemm.ee 120 points 8 months ago (33 children)

The inability to install solar panels on my home is enshrined in my HOA and is extremely unlikely to be overturned by our members. We should be passing laws making these types of restrictions illegal

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 29 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Wait... Aren't you guys supposed to be the free-est nation on earth or something?

[–] crypticthree@lemmy.world 38 points 8 months ago (2 children)

We're a country founded by slave owners who wrote things like "all men are created equal"

[–] CasualPenguin@reddthat.com 18 points 8 months ago

*Some exclusions may apply

[–] phillaholic@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago

And they meant men too, not women.

But really they meant White Male Landowners with money.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 28 points 8 months ago (2 children)

HOAs were literally created to make sure that black people couldn't buy homes. These covenants put legal blocks on the deed for eternity to keep it from happening. It didn't take long for white people to buy a house and then turn around and sell it to a black family. The entire thing crashed. What we are left with are small Karens and Chads trying to control the people around them.

[–] phillaholic@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago

Minorities in general. Some of the first HOAs excluded Blacks, Jews, Asians, etc in literal writing. It took a SCOTUS case to overturn.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They also exist to make building a subdivision easier which is there primary purpose today.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago

You mistyped "allow municipalities to avoid their responsibilities and grant power to private shadow governments with storied histories of abuse and none of the hypothetical accountability that is guaranteed by the US Constitution".

[–] uis@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago

They are free to die without healthcare

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

It was an Irishman that wrote "free to screw you before you screw me".

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