Locals pushed deep-red Richland County to be the first to nix a wind and solar ban. The close vote suggests bipartisan support for clean energy.
Only 30% of eligible voters turned out to vote. This isn’t unusual in primaries, and is part of why the US system is very broken — primaries tend to determine who will actually serve in a gerrymandered system, and also include other key measures on the ballot, like this one.
These farmers are worried about “ruining” farmland (it doesn’t) that other people who aren’t them could use to grow soybeans… Which they are having trouble seeking because of the idiot they voted into office releasing the same things he did to them in his first term. Soybeans that would normally be sold to China to feed livestock.
So really nothing about their stance makes any sense.
Solar power over crops can literally improve growth (depending on crop) by reducing peak heat