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reid0 t1_iwxdxjl wrote

Reply to comment by FishMichigan in US can reach 100% clean power by 2035, DOE finds, but tough reliability and land use questions lie ahead by nastratin

There’s also evidence that even having solar panels on grazing land is beneficial to the grazing animals and to the land itself by providing shaded areas and because moisture in the air accumulates on the panels and drips onto the earth below them.

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BBASPN69 t1_iwxn036 wrote

From what I'm read, it only really works for sheep grazing, since they're relatively tame while cows are too big and goats are too assholish, respectively, and pose a threat to panels.

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chin-ki-chaddi t1_iwxpvx9 wrote

The panels can be raised further to accomodate the cows, who will definitely not knock them down.

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leviwhite9 t1_iwxxr24 wrote

Yeah cows are just big dumb dogs.

If you can't design around those call me, certified country boy at your service.

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chin-ki-chaddi t1_iwxzccb wrote

It would be a paradise for cows, I tell you. Chilling around in the shade, eating grass, sipping the dew dripping from the steel frame.

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MMAwannabe t1_ix0t1jq wrote

"Solar Cowboys starts this Tuesday at 8PM on discovery"

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FM_103 t1_iwyp82p wrote

Spoken like someone who has no experience with cows.

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leviwhite9 t1_iwypqln wrote

Boy howdy would I sure surprise you then.

Ask away.

Born and raised on a 75-100 head farm in the Appalachians. Local stockyard had a catwalk above the whole operation.

Whatchu got?

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