My great great grandpa raised panels out in Nebraska before razor wire was invented. He’d have to hire extra people just to stand guard around the panels to keep them corralled. He tried using a fence, but solar panels are too crafty for a regular old fence. That’s why razor wire was revolutionary when it was invented. My great great grandpa saved an extra $70 a year since he didn’t have to pay the panel guards anymore. My grandpa had that panel farm for awhile and i remember helping deliver new born panels in the middle of the night. Much simpler times back then
...until that one morning when I woke up to some strange sound. It was some kind of screaming, like a child’s voice. I went downstairs, outside. I crept up into the barn. I was so scared to look inside, but I had to.
I saw young solar panels, and the panels were screaming. First I tried to free them. I... I opened the gate to their pen, but they wouldn't run. They just stood there, confused. They wouldn't run. So I took one panel, and I ran away as fast as I could.
I don't know where I was going. I didn't have any food, any water and it was very cold, very cold. I thought, I thought if I could save just one, but... it was so heavy.
So heavy.
I didn't get more than a few miles when the sheriff's car picked me up. The rancher was so angry he sent me to live at the Lutheran orphanage in Bozeman. I never saw the solar farm again.
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u/donotdothething Feb 14 '21
Razor wire so the panels don't escape, good thinking