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rhythmisaprancer@piefed.social 1 week agoForm a local power coop with your neighbors or village, and you might be able to make sure that grocer never loses power again
That is essentially what our power coop has proposed. I think they are talking about solar only, but it hasn’t been popular with the ranchers 🙁️ It was just this year, so I think it will gain traction over time. This climate is complicated with regard to the shade from panels but the studies about solar panels in ranch land are good and I think it will happen, we just need more town folks to show up to the meetings. The grocer incident will be, I think, a game changer. The ranchers depend on that store also.
rainwall@piefed.social 1 week ago
Thats great to here. From what ive read sheep are easy to graze under most panels. For cattle, the panels will likely need to be 10+ feet up, as they are so large. This is more expensive, but is doable.
rhythmisaprancer@piefed.social 1 week ago
These are the studies I have read, but cattle are what exist right outside of town. We have a lot of sheep, too, but not where the panels would go. I would like to find a study about cattle, if you have one to share, that would be great!
rainwall@piefed.social 1 week ago
Im seeing a lot of research being done in the cattle/panels area, although most of it appears recently and is partially stymied by the rollback of solar funds. This seems like a solid place to start.
rhythmisaprancer@piefed.social 1 week ago
Thank you! I work on rangelands, so having good info makes a big difference when I speak with these folks. I can’t use the sheep examples because we all know it may not be relevant.
I’ll get to reading.