... that the biggest obstacle to solar power is (drum
roll please...) the environmentalists. Yes, you read
that right. We've got two (used to be three, they
killed one of them) big solar plant projects in our
county and there are only two major opponents.
Naturally, the neighbors, but more vocal and much
better organized, are the environmental groups.
You'd think that enviros would be all over solar power
and other renewable energy sources, but if you
actually look (i.e. go to a Planning Commission
meeting in your local jurisdiction) you'll find that
they routinely and openly oppose renewable energy
plants.
Why would they do this? Their argument is, quite
simply, that those installations are bad for the
environment. That there's endangered species (kit fox,
anyone?) that will be impacted. That there will be
long term environmental impacts from all those
mirrors/panels, etc.
They don't even hear themselves - and yet, here they
are big as life saying "We need renewable energy" on
one hand, and then opposing it on the other.
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