tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13209058.post1213519705854991034..comments2023-10-18T06:22:24.290-07:00Comments on Mojave Monitor: House passes OK energy bill, solar promotedDaniel R. Patterson, Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07774786197579622798noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13209058.post-68729499127788302582007-12-08T09:49:00.000-08:002007-12-08T09:49:00.000-08:00The above comments are critical, and true. I shar...The above comments are critical, and true. <BR/><BR/>I share these concerns.<BR/><BR/>It is much more eco-friendly to produce solar energy on rooftops in cities (where the power is used) than clearing desert habitat for huge solar and wind industrial power facilities that will continue to rely on the unreliable and inefficient power grid. <BR/><BR/>Big utilities want to keep a stranglehold on power production and sales, and therefore are favoring continuation of the outdated big distant powerplant model, and sadly, many politicians are supporting this view.<BR/><BR/>At the end of 2006 in Tucson it got harder and more expensive for homeowners to put solar panels on their roofs when TEP ended option 2. Now TEP and other big energy corps. want to build a new giant solar plant in the Arizona or Nevada desert.Daniel R. Patterson, Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07774786197579622798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13209058.post-2912080163758155262007-12-08T09:42:00.000-08:002007-12-08T09:42:00.000-08:00This should be good news, but they will NOT just p...This should be good news, but they will NOT just put solar on rooftops. No, No No, they have plans to blanket our public lands with miles and miles of solar panels and windmills. In California alone, energy companies have proposed so called "green energy" solar arrays on over 300,000 acres of open desert. This will disrupt native plants, wildlife and destoy our view. Many of the green enviro groups intend to look the other way on this. In Nevada, with the blessing of Harry Reid, the BLM has proposals to blanket almost all of the BLM land in southern Nevada with this "green" assaualt on our public lands. There is nothing green about trashing the desert to fight climate change. The democrats are just going to let big energy companies hord all the green energy so we can buy it from them. Put these solar and wind farms on rooftops, old mines and other disturbed areas. <BR/><BR/>I sure hope some enviros have the guts to fight some of these proposals...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com