Yes folks, One of Americas finest Science teachers actually said this in a public meeting.

Solar panels in Ogiinuur commons.wikimedia.org
Solar panels in Ogiinuur commons.wikimedia.org

From the Huffington Post:
A town council in North Carolina rejected plans to rezone land for a solar farm after residents voiced fears it would cause cancer, stop plants from growing and suck up all the energy from the sun.
Two citizens reportedly made the allegations at a Woodland Town Council meeting in Northampton County, northeastern North Carolina, on Wednesday.
Bobby Mann said the farm would “suck up all the energy from the sun and businesses would not come to Woodland,” the Roanoke-Chowan Herald-News reports.
Retired science teacher Jane Mann feared the proposed solar ranch could hinder photosynthesis — the process of converting light energy from the sun into chemical energy for fuel — in the area and stop plants from growing.

 

Folks, We can not make this stuff up if we tried. Read the entire article here

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