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> under which, there is no environment

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29217929

Also, if you put a solar panel on a roof of a building, there will still be a building underneath the solar panel. Many people live in them, they dont get obliterated just because they are underneath a solar panel.

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The point was that land which used to be a Coal mine can be surprisingly green. To the extent that something we normally consider unquestioningly eco-friendly - like large arrays of solar power collectors - could have a more degraded local environment in their direct vicinity (though they are beneficial overall).

I don't think anyone's saying coal is good or solar is bad here.

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