In rural areas across the US, solar power opponents keep leaning on the argument that utility-scale arrays are gobbling up valuable farmland. But plenty of evidence proves that’s just not true, and now, New York is tackling the misinformation head-on.



Show me 1 acre of farm land in Manhattan…
1 acre? Easy
https://civileats.com/2021/12/08/a-farm-grows-atop-a-convention-center-in-nyc/
Looks like I must eat my shorts
1 acre of shorts? Easy
That’s conveniently ignoring the fact that New York State is hundreds of times larger than just the city, and a huge portion of it is rural farmland.