Many Americans support renewable energy infrastructure, but experts say progress can be impeded by a small, yet vocal, opposition.

As renewable energy becomes more widespread in the United States, large and bipartisan majorities of Americans say they wouldn’t mind fields of solar panels and wind turbines being built in their communities, according to a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll.

  • Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    126·
    1 year ago

    People don’t object to them unless they are near them. There’s a phrase for it. Nimbyism. Not in my backyard

    I think windmills are beautiful, solar panels in fields a bit harder on the eyes, but there’s plenty of places to put solar without ruining outstanding areas of natural beauty

    • MelodiousFunk@kbin.social
      131·
      1 year ago

      I’d love it if my backyard (or just beyond it) was a wind farm.

      • Open space
      • No traffic
      • No yappy dogs
      • No Karens/Kevins/Krotchgoblins pretending their backyard is a combination kitchen and living room, filling the air with wood smoke and sportsball shouting on an otherwise beautiful day/evening where I’d prefer to have my windows open and would if there wasn’t a perpetual party just outside of said windows (yes this is a very specific complaint and no I would not have thought this was something to be annoyed about until it became chronic and annoying)
      • Nighed@sffa.communityEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        The problem is that the people complaining already have that. Companies just want to make it ‘worse’.

        I don’t have a problem with wind turbines most of the time, I think they look cool, I have a bigger problem with power lines. At least they have some new designs here in the UK that are slightly better.

      • Lawdoggo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Getting out of Macomb County was the best decision I made in a long time. Although I won’t pretend Oakland is much better outside of like 4 cities.