A lot of that open land is BLM land, so idk if they could get it re-zoned for this type of use. I suppose they could use the Eastern desert portion, assuming they can build the grid to transfer the power, and actually finish the ecological impact reports.
I really feel the env impact reports should be expidited. The impact of global warming is gonna fuck things up pretty bad.
Not to say they shouldnt be looked at, but we shouldn’t spend a decade debating impacts on some species of lizard if they’ll be driven to extinction if we fail to act anyway.
A lot of that open land is BLM land, so idk if they could get it re-zoned for this type of use. I suppose they could use the Eastern desert portion, assuming they can build the grid to transfer the power, and actually finish the ecological impact reports.
I read the other day they are doing just that
https://electrek.co/2024/01/18/us-govt-opens-22-million-acres-federal-lands-solar/
I really feel the env impact reports should be expidited. The impact of global warming is gonna fuck things up pretty bad.
Not to say they shouldnt be looked at, but we shouldn’t spend a decade debating impacts on some species of lizard if they’ll be driven to extinction if we fail to act anyway.
Yeah, I completely agree. I’m sure there are groups that won’t though, and that’s the kind of stuff that really stalls these types of projects.