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Posted on 8/18/21 at 10:09 am to tigerinthebueche
If I am neighboring land owners I would damn well be asking for results long-term studies on chemical/metal soil leaching for these project.
Posted on 8/18/21 at 10:34 am to diat150
quote:You are clearly missing the point or purposefully being dense.
I didnt know that people that own land have to use it to provide economic benefit to others.
This post was edited on 8/18/21 at 10:35 am
Posted on 8/18/21 at 10:45 am to jimbeam
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Dont solar farms have very few employees?
But I bet the lease pays well!
Posted on 8/18/21 at 1:04 pm to CharleyLake
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. A family spokesperson touted the economic benefits of the project.
For them.... yes.
I'd be skeptical of having this in my backyard.
Posted on 8/18/21 at 6:24 pm to CharleyLake
The amazing thing in all of this is that Sweetlake Land and Oil Company has employees (high up employees) that supposedly care about farming and farmers. Maybe they don't have any say so in this, but taking land out of agriculture is a bad look nonetheless.
Posted on 8/18/21 at 8:03 pm to Cowboyfan89
And guess where the electricity that is being generated from this is going? Not Louisiana, its going to be sent to Texas
Posted on 8/18/21 at 8:45 pm to Cowboyfan89
They’re Xiden voters so what do you expect ?
Posted on 8/18/21 at 9:56 pm to Kenner 23
I have a brother that lives down there. Looks like he will be able to look out out window and see the solar panels.
I need to call him and see what he thinks about this project.
I need to call him and see what he thinks about this project.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 7:02 am to ktfsh71
Aaaah, makes sense that the Sweetlake Oil and Gas president said that generations of his family have "tried to be good neighbors."
Posted on 8/19/21 at 8:01 am to CharleyLake
The Morehouse solar farm rents are $3,000/ac for 20-25 years. SL&O is making a business decision based on return which I can’t blame them but I still wouldn’t want to live next to it.
Also, the Morehouse farm is rural with only one house within a mile of the site.
Also, the Morehouse farm is rural with only one house within a mile of the site.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 8:27 am to Kenner 23
They are leading lots of land in Beauregard parish as well
Saw some eucalyptus plantations that got smoked by the hurricanes got sprayed recently. Assuming they are killing everything and going to burn it all and go in with solar
You read that correctly - eucalyptus plantations
Saw some eucalyptus plantations that got smoked by the hurricanes got sprayed recently. Assuming they are killing everything and going to burn it all and go in with solar
You read that correctly - eucalyptus plantations
Posted on 8/19/21 at 8:46 am to Kenner 23
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The Morehouse solar farm rents are $3,000/ac for 20-25 years. SL&O is making a business decision based on return which I can’t blame them but I still wouldn’t want to live next to it.
This is how I feel about the one here in WBR. An acquaintance who farms the land of the proposed site was a staunch opponent- until they leased from him too. He explained that what they offered in rent was more than he’d ever earn farming that section so I understand his change of heart. And it beats having a shitty neighborhood built on the land, so I’m not completely opposed to the project. But I’d prefer they put it elsewhere. Hopefully they at least plant some sort of green barrier around the farm so I don’t have to see it.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 8:47 am to Ron Cheramie
Yep, Helms rd has several on SL&O property. Eucalyptus s the primary ingredient in pryretheim. Ethiopia is/was the main producer at one time maybe still is.
Posted on 11/2/21 at 9:35 am to CharleyLake
Holmwood, not Homewood.
Ducks and geese have coexisted for many decades with the 1 million barrels of oil and over 25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas produced there but won't have a place with ground covered with solar panels
Ducks and geese have coexisted for many decades with the 1 million barrels of oil and over 25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas produced there but won't have a place with ground covered with solar panels
Posted on 11/2/21 at 9:46 am to Kenner 23
A client in Texas with a small chemical plant on former oilfield tank battery ground discovered lots of hydrocarbons with PCB's when excavating before laying foundations for a small expansion. They were able to line two property lines with eucalyptus trees to gradually remove the hydrocarbons. Eucalyptus are extremely thirsty and tolerate hydrocarbons quite well. Within 10 years the 5 acre site was declared hydrocarbon free.
The trees sucked a lot of water their way causing migration of the soil contamination to increase rapidly in an area with ample rainfall.
BTW, those trees just look like shiite. Saw a lot of them in SoCal when I lived there as a project manager. They were planted to be harvested for railroad ties but the wood is pretty crappy for that use. They are a favorite tree for pulpwood in China.
The trees sucked a lot of water their way causing migration of the soil contamination to increase rapidly in an area with ample rainfall.
BTW, those trees just look like shiite. Saw a lot of them in SoCal when I lived there as a project manager. They were planted to be harvested for railroad ties but the wood is pretty crappy for that use. They are a favorite tree for pulpwood in China.
Posted on 11/2/21 at 11:07 am to CharleyLake
Solar isn't perfect, but it is a good use for marginal lands. If this landowner sees it as the best economic use of his land, it is pretty big brotherish to try to stop him.
As a conservative, I'm voting on the side of individual's property rights.
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If you were an objective Board member how would you vote?
As a conservative, I'm voting on the side of individual's property rights.
Posted on 11/2/21 at 11:34 am to dat yat
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As a conservative, I'm voting on the side of individual's property rights.
This. Funny how many card-carrying, red-voting supposed capitalists switch sides when their neighbors start making more money than them.
Posted on 11/2/21 at 4:10 pm to atom1505
It would impact not just neighboring landowners but a large chunk of SW Louisiana.
Posted on 11/2/21 at 4:34 pm to CitizenK
I cannot wait to put a huge solar farm on any land I can. Then herd sheep/goats on it and/or farm under it. And then post about it here to piss off grumpster Beuche. It's my main goal in life.
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