Comment by ctime

4 months ago

The arid and sunny west ware prime candidates for solar, yet the current administration is doing everything they can to further destroy any chance a future of being carbon neutral with cancellations of many projects.

TFG cancelled a fairly far along project to build 6gw of solar in the Nevada desert just a few days ago known as Esmeralda 7.

The ineptitude and grift of this administration will haunt this country for decades.

https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/feds-appear-to-canc...

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shkkmo  4 months ago

Looks like this is just misinterpretation of poor public communication by the BLM.

> UPDATE: The U.S. Bureau of Land Management responded to 8 News Now on Friday afternoon to clarify the meaning of a “canceled” notice on the Esmeralda Seven Solar Project. A decision to combine the environmental reviews for the seven projects is being changed to give each project the option of submitting their proposal separately. The BLM’s statement: “During routine discussions prior to the lapse in appropriations, the proponents and BLM agreed to change their approach for the Esmeralda 7 Solar Project in Nevada. Instead of pursuing a programmatic level environmental analysis, the applicants will now have the option to submit individual project proposals to the BLM to more effectively analyze potential impacts.”

> The “Cancelled – Cancelled” notice on BLM’s NEPA website applies only to the environmental review stage. The entire project has not been canceled.

https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/massive-esmeralda-s...

adabyron  4 months ago

There seems to be a decent counter argument about the size & impact to local environment. https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/massive-esmeralda-s...

I do not have a side as I don't know enough.

  • whatisthiseven  4 months ago

    I think every engineer knows that all things come with trade-offs.

    A great engineer, however, is able to readily admit when one option among others has a far, far greater set of costs than another, for the exact same benefit.

    And if said engineer can't decide (for claim of ignorance), they mature to learn that the experience and knowledge of others is the best source for understanding the trade-offs involved to make a decision.

    I think its pretty clear solar power has trade-offs. I think it's also obvious solar has far less negatives than all other power generating sources.

    • adabyron  4 months ago

      Interesting that just sharing a link of the trade-offs got a bunch of down votes when I didn't even take a side.

      Maybe it was a misunderstanding of my intentions to purely share information based on your reply.

      If you don't mind, please help me understand. Did it come across as anti-solar in general? That's how I'm interpreting your reply.

      The article, which I wonder if anyone read, argues local environmental concerns based on the giant size of the solar farm. One of those things was mountain sheep that migrate across the lands. This would be creating a wall of sorts. Another was Native American archeology. What I'm ignorant of is if any of these issues were addressed at all & what the impact is.

      In a general sense, I'm a huge fan of solar farms. I think they make more sense than using land to plant corn for energy, which funny enough also got me down votes here.

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