North Carolina GOP state rep thinks solar panels make venison unfit for human consumption

[muriel_volestrangler]

I cannot work out what goes on in these people's minds:

Controversial energy legislation narrowly passes NC House despite widespread opposition

Among the many unsupported, if downright bizarre, statements uttered about House Bill 951, Rep. Larry Pittman’s bested them all.

Solar farms, he announced on the House floor yesterday, make deer meat inedible.

“I’ve been told if deer eat vegetation around these things the meat might not be fit for human consumption,” Pittman (R-Cabarrus) said on the House floor yesterday, in opposition to House Bill 951.

While folklore and falsehoods aren’t the best bases for policymaking, a ‘no’ vote is a ‘no’ vote, and bill opponents needed every one they could muster.

https://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2021/07/15/controversial-energy-legislation-narrowly-passes-nc-house-despite-widespread-opposition/

[kimbutgar]

1. Thank goodness the Democratic governor can veto this if it goes forward

That is some crazy Q conspiracy shit!

[Bev54]

2. Holy Fu*k

[Sinistrous]

3. This is very discouraging.

How do people this ignorant and lacking in simple common sense get elected to public office? Is the that many of the general population so stupid?

[3catwoman3]

10. If they had to decide for themselves whether to breathe in forst...

...or out first, they would die before they could figure out what to do.

[Grokenstein]

4. "I've been told...might not be fit..."

Wow, such a compelling argument.

Told by who, you walking talking prolapsed anus? Who bought your sorry ignorant ass? (I know it's Duke Energy, but it would be nice to see a receipt.)

“Solar panels are toxic,” Brody claimed. “What happens to the water supply if they break. I’ve got a well.”

Christ wept. This is said in defense of oil and coal, folks.

[Wingus Dingus]

5. The deer are totally in agreement--our meat is terrible and will poison you!

[Bayard]

16. That's not as far fetched as you'd think

Research suggests that most ruminants can contract Johne's Disease now (Google it). I had a pet steer die from it.

I would not eat venison. I don't eat beef.

[Wingus Dingus]

18. I wouldn't eat venison either.

I do eat beef, but not every week.

[Generic Other]

6. I would think you could cook it faster

And less dirty than using their car's engine to do the cooking.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

7. "I've been told....."

Naturally, the nitwit doesn't bother to do any research to bolster or refute this claim. Sounds to me they just don't like solar power so they will look for anything to try to make it look bad.

[Brother Mythos]

8. Wow! That guy's dumb enough to be the governor of Texas. He really should ...

consider moving there and running for the office.

[MagickMuffin]

14. No thx, we don't need anymore stupidity.

He can stay right where he is, but get him out of congress.

[3catwoman3]

9. The corollary of "If it sounds to good...

...to be true, it probably isn't" would seem to apply here - "If it sounds too stupid to be true, it probable isn't."

I've said before that I can't decide whether to feel sorry for or scornful of people who fall for this kind of obvious BS.

Even when I was a little kid, standing at the checkout lines in the grocery store with my mother and seeing the usual National Enquirer headlines about, "Woman gives birth to 2-headed alien baby," and so forth, I wondered, "Does anybody really believe this stuff?"

[Thomas Hurt]

11. LOL, doesn't vegetation around these things block the sun and therefore...

the would be no vegetation allowed to grow around them? fn idiot

[zuul]

12. Where does the GOP find these idiots?

Do they look for the guy (or woman) who stares into the sun during an eclipse or sticks their finger in a live electrical socket? How is it possible that all the stupid people are repubes?

[MagickMuffin]

15. To answer your question: Church

That's where most of the morons dwell.

[Miguelito Loveless]

17. My solar array has been humming along for 5+ years

and has produced 80+ MWh of electrcity, powering my home, my cars and my neighbor's homes (via my surplus generation returned to the grid). My yard and woods are teeming with healthy wildlife, and the water in the well is fine.

[Generic Other]

19. I would think you could cook it faster

And less dirty than using their car's engine to do the cooking.

[GulfCoast66]

20. I'm a deer hunter. I've never seen deer stand around solar farms in Florida.

And most are fenced off.

They are just throwing out crazier and crazier shit because they realize the crazy base eats it all up.

They are truly the party of Q.