Cattle farmers in Korea reeling from solar panel policy
At noon on Aug. 6 in a rural village in Naju, Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City, a thermal imaging drone camera showed the home and Korean cattle barn of Kim Young-hee, 73, and her husband, Lim Jae-yeol, 70, glowing red like a blazing heat island. Surrounded on all sides by three solar power plants that resembled a black sea, their home was trapped in the middle, with its roof surface…
In the rural village of Naju, Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City, a cattle farmer named Kim Young-hee, 73, and her husband Lim Jae-yeol, 70, are facing an intense environmental challenge. As the sun rises each day, their home and Korean cattle barn have become an unbearable sauna due to the proximity of three solar power plants.
The temperature on their roof has reached up to 65 degrees Celsius, making it nearly impossible for Kim to remain outdoors during the hottest part of the day. The couple is forced to seek refuge in the village community center during the day to escape the heat. Although government officials maintain that solar power does not pose scientifically proven problems, Kim Young-hee describes it as a "torture device" as she struggles to endure the extreme heat right outside her kitchen window.
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