Anyone know if this story about NC town banning a solar farm is for real or a parody?

[blm]

In the story the town rejected the solar farm because it would suck all the energy from the sun. The story is spreading but hard for me to believe it's real.

http://www.ibtimes.com/north-carolina-town-rejects-solar-farm-over-fears-it-would-suck-all-energy-sun-2223726

[mnhtnbb]

1. Hard to believe we have such idiots living in NC, but apparently the story is true.

[LiberalArkie]

2. Believe it or not, I think it is real

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3358881/North-Carolina-town-rejects-solar-farm-claims-suck-sun.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/nc-town-rejects-solar-farm-due-unscientific-concerns-article-1.2464816

http://www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/2015/12/08/woodland-rejects-solar-farm/

[Kelvin Mace]

3. Yes, true

though it seems the city was giving more weight to the "there's nothing in it for us, so why bother" side of the argument, than the crazies. But still, the woman who was listed as a former "science teacher" should have her credentials retroactively revoked, and any children she taught should found and tested for learned stupidity.

[blm]

4. Oh Geez!!!

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[Kelvin Mace]

5. Yes, apparently

don't want South Carolina glomming all the glory for "per capita stupid".

[hughee99]

7. Hey, you're selling Florida WAY too short here. n/t

[newthinking]

6. One old guy said that and it dominates the headlines.

It would be so nice to have a real media so we could actually read information instead of trumped headlines.

And why do we embrace such headlines? What does it say about our society?

[packman]

8. Real - sadly, but unbelievable in its scope

I read the news article in the local newspaper for the area. Amazing tour-de-force of stupidity. Should make the town, the state, and by association, the nation ashamed of its educational system.

[Bradical79]

9. Headline on the article was false, but the ex-science teacher was real

An ex-science teacher apparently made the claim during public comments, but that wasn't the rationale used by the town council in rejecting the solar farm.

They approved 3 other solar panels previously, but it looks like property values and the lack of any direct benefit to the town were the main concerns.

http://www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com/2015/12/08/woodland-rejects-solar-farm/

[jwirr]

10. NW Iowa is full of wind machines but I was told that the

energy from them does not go to the local area but instead is used in Kentucky. I don't know if this is true either but it seems to me that this is a big mistake - build up the local area first and then ship to other areas.