Many Americans support renewable energy infrastructure, but experts say progress can be impeded by a small, yet vocal, opposition.
A house next to a wind turbine near Okarche, Okla., in 2017. A Washington Post-University of Maryland poll found nearly 7 in 10 Americans say they would be comfortable living near solar farms. As renewable energy becomes more widespread in the United States, large and bipartisan majorities of Americans say they wouldn’t mind fields of solar panels and wind turbines being built in their communities, according to awhile nearly 7 in 10 report feeling the same about wind turbines.
“It seems to be better for the environment and better for the health of humanity,” said Reynolds, a Republican. He added that he is in the process of installing solar panels on the roof of his home. Samantha Brown, who lives in the Bronx but grew up in Upstate New York, agrees. “I’m only 27, but I’ve seen climate change. And if we keep trending this way, it worries me. … What will things look like for my [future] children one day if things aren’t mitigated?”The rural community where she grew up used grants to install solar panels that now provide energy to the local public schools. And they also have wind turbines that she says brought revenue to local industries.
That comes across in the Post-UMD polling data, too. The poll finds 79 percent of urban residents feel comfortable with a field of solar panels being built in their community, as do 74 percent of suburban residents and 71 percent of rural residents.
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