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Environment & Energy

no_hypocrisy

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7. This stance seems a bit . . . inconsistent

Reply to Think. Again. (Original post)

Wed Sep 27, 2023, 05:35 AM

Sep 2023

The USSC ruled decades ago that local governments could seize land from private land owners by deeming it "blighted" and using eminent domain. And then sell the same land to developers who could "improve" the same land.

This has been done to improve the land for "social good," such as building highways.

I'm surprised this tactic hasn't been (yet) employed for wind farms.

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Rich white people are overwhelmingly blocking wind farms [View all] Think. Again. Sep 2023 OP

Rich white people up to no good? Effete Snob Sep 2023 #1

I saw windmill farms all over northern France this month. CurtEastPoint Sep 2023 #2

Yeah... Think. Again. Sep 2023 #3

The rich are the problem Stargazer99 Sep 2023 #4

Yeah... Think. Again. Sep 2023 #5

They object to wind farms when they block "the view" Rhiannon12866 Sep 2023 #6

This stance seems a bit . . . inconsistent no_hypocrisy Sep 2023 #7

Personally, I think ... Think. Again. Sep 2023 #8