Vandals cause significant damage to Maine solar farm
Police say the suspects used construction equipment to topple solar panels in New Gloucester.
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My guess is disgruntled contractor or insurance fraud
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My guess is disgruntled contractor or insurance fraud
timselectric
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Or environmentalists.
They don't want you to use fossil fuels. But they don't want acres of solar farms either.
They don't want you to use fossil fuels. But they don't want acres of solar farms either.
Probably the Amish.
Weird Al "Amish Paradise" where they're stomping on old electronics comes to mind.
I was awakened the other night by a “clop clop clop bang bang clop clop clop.”
When I looked out of my window, I realized I had just been a victim of another Amish drive-by shooting.
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They allowed to use skid steers yet?
I thought they just glued themselves to roads or attempt to deface art work to make their point.
Last group of local environmentalists guerrilla terrorism was 20 people steeling 5 gallon pails of coal from the local coal plant and attempting to stop train deliveries.
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Not sure what experience you need to drive a skid steer, my 4 year old nephew could likely drive one within 15minutes of non supervised curiosity.
Looking at the damage id put money on it being random kids who found the keys in the skid steer and wanted to play real life GTA.
Looking at the damage id put money on it being random kids who found the keys in the skid steer and wanted to play real life GTA.
Same could be said with operating a light switch or driving a car, yet some a Amish are forbidden.
Amish can't sit in them but if they mcgyver the controls so they can walk beside and control it I don't think it's an issue, you see them regularly using forklifts that they have bodged the controls to enable them to use next to said forklift.
No idea about light switches though personally I try to keep away from crazies have enough in my immediate family(including myself) that paying interest to others seems counter intuitive.
Osmethne
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I wouldn't rule out rowdy wind power and hydro power enthusiasts.
No they too busy watching their installs wondering if they are working.
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it is not theft that did not work out. as I can't open the link here.
A lot of solar farms in my country have that problem..
steal copper wire.
A lot of solar farms in my country have that problem..
steal copper wire.
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No I wouldn't even say it's someone angry as from what I can see the destruction is fairly small, as I said earlier it just looks like someone drunk or high found a skid steer with the keys in and just went "GTA M*****F*****" proceeding to yeet said skid steer through whatever he could find.
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Depends on the group they belong to. The ones that built my pole barn would get dropped off each morning and the oldest drove the skid loader while the younger ones ran shovels. It was impressive watching how fast they worked and balanced on 2x putting the trusses up.
One of the supply stores out here sells LiFePO4 batteries, millertech iirc, they are allowed to use solar for lighting but the group a few towns over can't use it.
teal95
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Different Amish groups have different rules. There was a group in PA that their rule was it had to be utilitarian and couldn't be flashy. So they spray painted their vehicles flat black.
A group near me on the IN MI line their main rule is "neither a lender or borrower be". Grid electricity is a problem mainly because you can't pay ahead. So they have lots of solar in that area. And while they never have any power in their houses their work areas have all the normal power tools. As a kid my dealt with one family that had a full commercial sawmill in their barn.
A group near me on the IN MI line their main rule is "neither a lender or borrower be". Grid electricity is a problem mainly because you can't pay ahead. So they have lots of solar in that area. And while they never have any power in their houses their work areas have all the normal power tools. As a kid my dealt with one family that had a full commercial sawmill in their barn.
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Is it steel, or copper wire that they are stealing?
From the sentence construct, he is clearly using "steel" as a verb.
Definition of STEEL
commercial iron that contains carbon in any amount up to about 1.7 percent as an essential alloying constituent, is malleable when under suitable conditions, and is distinguished from cast iron by its malleability and lower carbon content… See the full definition
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He says they are making the copper resolute.
NorthShoreOahu
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I think the moral of the story is get some trail cams. Just add it to the cost of your 500,000 install
I think we might be on to something, instead of Amish it was prob the local Shakers up to their usual antics.
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village - Wikipedia
Ahh the childhood school field trip and thinking how cool it’d be at Shaker (and not knowing what celibacy was). Good memories.
wiseacre
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My favorite work-around to the prohibition of using a tractor was the removal of the tires and putting it on skids so a horse could pull it around to where it was needed.
Lots of hard liners in northern NY
They refuse to even put a small reflector on their buggies, as a result it's not uncommon to them getting rear ended at night
teal95
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There's another group in Indiana that can't have rubber tires. It's funny seeing a monster 4wd running through the fields on steel wheels from 1920.
Or just punks …jus being punks…. That’s what they do…”gotta stick it to the man…”.Vandals cause significant damage to Maine solar farm
Police say the suspects used construction equipment to topple solar panels in New Gloucester.
My guess is disgruntled contractor or insurance fraud
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