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Environmental concerns delay solar projects in California desert
LA Times ^ | 10/19/09 | Louis Sahagun

Posted on 10/19/2009 12:57:30 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

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To: NormsRevenge

This was as predictable as the sun rising tomorrow.


21 posted on 10/19/2009 1:58:55 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: NormsRevenge

Leftist gridlock?


22 posted on 10/19/2009 2:10:19 PM PDT by jimfree (Freep and ye shall find! - I am Joe Wilson.)
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why would they use mirror arrays for solar collectors? Why not do industrial scale photovoltaic cells?

I sincerely doubt any of the environmentalists have spent any time in the desert. Most of the critters like the night better than the day.


23 posted on 10/19/2009 3:32:08 PM PDT by BenKenobi
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To: NormsRevenge

So either the Democrats have shot themselves in the foot or their idiotic environmental laws are deliberately being used against them.


24 posted on 10/19/2009 4:12:16 PM PDT by TheThinker
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I sincerely doubt any of the environmentalists have spent any time in the desert. Most of the critters like the night better than the day.

Agreed. These are morons that portray ANWR as some sort of Garden of Eden.

25 posted on 10/19/2009 4:29:53 PM PDT by jimfree (Freep and ye shall find! - I am Joe Wilson.)
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To: BenKenobi
Heliostatic mirror arrays are way cheaper than PV Cells and last basically indefinitely. The water requirement is no big deal because the systems are closed loops.

The cold-blooded critters like the tortoises, lizards and snakes like the daytime. They require the sun's heat to move about. Whole different set of animals out and about at night though, you're right about that part.

26 posted on 10/19/2009 8:19:38 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard (Truth--The liberal's Kryptonite)
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Interesting. Wear and tear is a good argument. I guess not having a power plant is better then making use of some pretty desolate areas.


27 posted on 10/20/2009 11:04:05 PM PDT by BenKenobi
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