I’ve talked to some local people who are convinced that panels slowly leach heavy metals into the surrounding ground.
replyThey mainly argue against it on residential & farm land (Midwest USA) for this reason.
The argument I've seen against it for prime farm land in the UK is "Well we could use it to farm things" but that maybe lands less well in the US because of the enormous scales involved. "¿Por qué no los dos?" is the obvious retort in a huge region like that.
replyI've never seen "heavy metals" conspiracies, though I'm sure if I just wait I'll run into some because people sure do like making up reasons good things are bad...
Fox News is funded by fossil. They literally ship a 24x7 feed of why fossil is good and renewables are bad. It is their business model: money for placed content to shape opinions.
replySo someone watching that has strong opinions about renewables that is hard to overcome.