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Researchers in Germany associated with the world renowned Fraunhofer ISE have published a new study designed to understand what factors make agrivoltaics — the practice of combining solar panels with farming — attractive to those who do actual farming. There is much ballyhoo from fossil fuel interests around the world that seeks to paint renewable energy as an existential threat to agriculture, but it is led by people whose income depends on extracting and burning fossil fuels, not those who are struggling to make a living from farming. In fact, the livelihood of the farming community is threatened more by the byproducts of fossil fuels — excessive heat, flooding, drought, and wildfires — than it is by solar panels or wind turbines.
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