EPISODE · Apr 27, 2026 · 52 MIN
Martin visits the Bat Tunnel!
from YIMBY Pod – formerly The Abundance Agenda · host James O'Malley, M. F. Robbins, and Dan Davies
Why Green Party complaints about “industrial scale” solar farms are fundamentally unserious. Martin visits the actual Bat Tunnel – and returns with a crazy plot twist. And we speak to Dan Davies about his pitch for a less combative planning system, Build the Rail! Save The Snails!(Image credit: ANeely2020 on Wikicommons.)Dan Davies’s book, The Unaccountability Machine can be found here.James’s newsletter is here, and his latest post is a deep dive into the arguments against solar farms – and he explains why none of them hold up.Martin’s newsletter is here, and his latest video, visiting the Bat Tunnel, is here.Don’t forget to tell your friends about the pod – and leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts!YIMBY Pod is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and hopefully wherever you get your podcasts!You can find James on Bluesky here, and Martin here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.abundancepod.com
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