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284 comments on Advice to Pres. Obama (# 4): Go for Wind Power, Seriously

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FMagyar on January 23, 2009 - 8:19am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

As I mentioned I have nothing against harvesting energy in the desert. I think Ausra actually has a pretty good proven concept and it is certainly is better than coal.

However I think you missed my point and my comparison to the filling in the Everglades, which everyone thought was just a swamp that could be filled in for development. If you were to go there today (I live here) you would see mile after mile of suburbia, highways filled with SUVs, stuck in traffic jams commuting to work, the supermarkets and the shopping malls to buy more big screen TVs etc..etc..

So when I hear someone say let's just build these plants in the desert It seems to me they are not thinking through the consequences of trying to maintain growth, BAU and the non negotiable lifestyle of the Americans. That's what I call simplistic.

Cheers

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Cyril R. on January 23, 2009 - 5:02pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

There are so many degraded brownlands, salt pans where nothing grows, military 'playgrounds' etc, around the world in sunny areas, that can be used with very little environmental impact.

I'd worry more about the mountain top removal thing.

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