The Dangers of Solar Panels

This comic was inspired by a ProPublica article entitled “Unfounded Health Concerns are Powering a Solar Backlash.” by Anna Clark. She reports that farmers in Michigan are being thwarted from installing solar projects on the basis of completely unscientific health and safety concerns:

These fears are especially ironic given the overwhelming evidence of fossil fuels polluting our air and water, not to mention the omnipresent noise of internal combustion engines (yes, one of the objections to solar panels is the “noise,” from a device called an inverter which is typically inaudible to the public). The article goes on to debunk in detail the various arguments used by anti-solar activists.

I’m not sure what is to be done when society has reached this point of paranoia – as usual reserved for things that are beneficial. Not only would the solar projects help with the energy crisis, but they would keep struggling family farms afloat.