Two Minnesota solar farms swapped the gravel under their panels for native prairie and wildflowers. Five years later the native bees had multiplied twentyfold and were crossing the fence to pollinate the soybeans next door
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Everybody's heard some version of the bad news about bees. Hives collapsing over a single winter, beekeepers watching half their colonies die off, a steady
  • arymandias [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 month ago

    what does this do to the maintenance costs?

    if it’s marginal, it should probably be enforced or suggested for all solar panel fields. if it adds significant costs, be carful not to make solar more expensive than it needs to be. instead add regulations that every fossil fuel installation should double biodiversity in the area, and add 20% happiness to the local population or something.

    adding „red tape“ till an industry is no longer economically viable, is the preferred strategy by the fossil lobby. and the nice thing is, they can often ally with green activists to get their wish.

    • Spacehooks@reddthat.comEnglish
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      1 month ago

      From another article I read about foxes moving in. Humans barely show up once the solar field is setup. Which is why animals are now moving in.