Solar farms or polar farms.

When humanity started manufacturing tools to make the work of human beings easier and more efficient and to make lifestyles more comfortable, there arose a serious need for more energy to run the industry that made those tools. That was the crucial point in the history of energy making where humanity made a grave mistake, which led to consequences with which generations to come would have to fight. That grave mistake was to look for energy under the surface of the earth rather than above the atmosphere. Humanity started digging for fossil fuel to generate energy to run the industries instead of using the energy the sun was drenching the earth with every day. We could have gone solar instead of going fossil. But we didn't. Governments around the world range from utterly reluctant to somewhat inclined toward it. But I am sure of one thing about solar energy and its relationship with all the governments around the world: someday they would all tax it.

There is a strong urge in the United States right now to generate solar power. Tesla has plans to install vehicle charging stations which would be entirely run by solar power, meaning your Tesla or any other electric vehicle would charge directly from the sun. That being said, the United States is also home to the wildest conspiracy theories ever heard. Wind farms have suffered massive propaganda attacks from the far right groups such as that they are noisy and residents in the area cannot sleep at night, that they cause birth defects in Portuguese horses, and that the turbines break and fall in nearby areas potentially killing people. The last nail in the coffin is the online propaganda that wind farms do not reduce any carbon emissions.

When it comes to solar farms, there are customised conspiracy theories. Perhaps the most ridiculous one and yet believed the most is that solar farms suck the energy out of our sun rendering it useless for humanity in the near future. Another says that solar farms destroy arable land and create toxic air in the area causing cancer to those who live nearby...

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