‘Visible from space’: why Spain has the world’s biggest concentration of greenhouses (Excerpt)

Mar 30, 2026 10:05 AM

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#1 Just watched Catalan-language film Alcarràs about a family in Catalonia and their peach orchard being cut down to be replaced by huge solar cell farm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcarr%C3%A0s_(film). Interesting history of the town as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcarr%C3%A0s

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#2 why did you censor the word homeless? That's a very important fact, if very depressing.

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i can only imagine the filth and corruption in that greenhouse district

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Still cleaner than the white one.

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#1 The entire white bit is the greenhouses:

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…but the rest of Spain is visible from space too /s

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