It's a race to the bottom for stupidity. Congressman Tom Tiffany (R) – of Wisconsin has introduced legislation to ban wind and solar development projects from any Agricultural lands. Farming is tough enough. I once ran a cattle ranch in Arizona. While I did not benefit directly, I know of other ranches in the area and across the country that benefit hugely from leasing land for a few wind turbines. One wind turbine lease will generate $3-7K a year in revenue while taking up a very small footprint. Solar takes up more but strategically placed in areas difficult to farm generates even more revenue for the farm. https://tiffany.house.gov/media/editorials-letters-and-articles/republicans-seek-end-taxpayer-funding-green-energy

Banning renewable projects on Agriculture land
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by AKruser

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  1. Does that mean all subsidies for ethanol would be eliminated since that is at times pitched as a renewable energy source? That will free up a lot of cropland currently used for corn for ethanol production that is only viable due to subsidies, tax breaks, and fuel requirements.

  2. Good. Wind energy is garbage & solar is better off being integrated into buildings rather than waste all that land that could be used for more agriculture (or better yet- rewilding)

  5. Learn from this: VOTE HIM OUT with all of the other Republicans. They care nothing about anyone who has a net worth lower than $1B.

  6. Love it when the party of property rights tries to tell people what they can and cannot do on their property

  8. Texas farmers and ranchers have found renting a piece of land to windmills as a way to supplement their income. When will Republicans support policies that are good for America’s farmers instead of giving lip service?

  9. In WI, the race for stupidity is too close to call: there’s Tiffany, Ron Johnson, a dirtbag from up north whose name I can’t recall offhand, Steil — in fact, I can’t even recall the name of a single R in WI who isn’t as stupid as a box of rocks. Every single one is an idiot.

  12. The party of small government (small enough to go wherever you do) strikes again.

  13. The only thing the reicht wing is in favor of is being against everything the left is in favor of… regardless of it is good or bad for the country.

    Telling private citizens what they can and can’t do on their own land or with their persons, even if it has zero impact on others.

  14. Huh. Government telling you how you can use your own land. Nothing like a little more governmental overreach.

  15. Imagine being the party of freedom and small government and then turning around and making legislation telling farmers what they can’t do with their land.

  16. Every ranch in texas has a windmill pumping water. These are WIND PROJECTS.

  17. Down voting because the article is not describing a “ban” at all. Everyone go read the article.

  18. Stupidity isn’t the reason. Bribes from the oil industry must be paid back!

  19. Did you read the article at all? Removing federal subsidies is far different than an outright ban. No one is stopping anyone from installing a wind or solar project on farm land. They are free to do it with private money.

  20. Nah this is great, the farmers need to be pissed. All good populist movements involve pissed off farmers

  21. Why tell entrepreneurs what they can and can not do with their property? Are they against freedom?

  22. Some idiots think that every square foot of a farm is just perfect for crops. They don’t realize that there are pockets and corners not doing anybody any good, but perfect for wind or solar.

  23. Wind energy doesn’t prevent farming from occurring other than on the very small surface areas taken up by the turbine foundations, so what the fuck are we even talking about here. Oh yeah more Republican statist bullshit.

  24. It was always the monster of the stupid but now the stupid feel out of control. They didn’t realize that you only have to feed the monster until it’s big enough to feed itself and independently wreck everything in its way.

  25. Ahh yes, now they won’t let you build the shit you want on your property. Party of small government my ass.

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