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Sacrificing the desert to save the Earth
Los Angeles Times ^
| February 5, 2012
| By Julie Cart
Posted on 02/05/2012 6:24:31 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Gee, do you think they did an ‘environmental impact’ study?
If they did it probably went something like this..
“It’s to save the earth? **APPROVED** “
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posted on
02/05/2012 6:29:58 AM PST
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
So, the undesirable option is to destroy millions of acres of land to save the planet from climate change?
Should have promoted more nukes.
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posted on
02/05/2012 6:31:18 AM PST
by
umgud
(No Rats, No Rino's)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Save the desert? I live here, and yes, there are truly amazing and beautiful places. We went for a long hike just yesterday in the mountains. Gorgeous!
OTOH, there are huge swaths of dead, arid land. There should be NO DEBATE on development of these areas. Nuclear, waste management or otherwise. Heck, the water table in the Mojave can be 1,000 feet like in the dead ghost town of "Santa Claus" Arizona.
What environmental impact? The only impact I've seen from the EPA types in all my years is their sheer stupidity.
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posted on
02/05/2012 6:43:12 AM PST
by
Caipirabob
(I say we take off and Newt the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure...)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I notice the article didn’t specify how much the “environmentalists” were paid to shut up, only that they “had a seat at the table” (dining on desert tortoise)
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posted on
02/05/2012 6:46:43 AM PST
by
palmer
(Before reading this post, please send me $2.50)
To: umgud
If this wsn’t so pathetic it would be funny.
One friggin odd looking frog can stop a bridge, some tadpoles can stop them from supplying water to the San Juoquin California valleythat feeds thousands.
A turtle can stop off road recreationists from driving across the desert, but they will sacrifice millions of acres on an unproven energy that will kill everthing underneath it.
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posted on
02/05/2012 6:48:32 AM PST
by
Venturer
To: TenthAmendmentChampion; SolitaryMan; Dr. Bogus Pachysandra; grey_whiskers; ApplegateRanch; ...
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posted on
02/05/2012 6:48:32 AM PST
by
steelyourfaith
(Expel the Occupy White House squatters !!!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The whole article points out that “envirionmental whackos” are perfectly content to destroy the environment as long as it's to promote something they approve of politically.
The same groups that would be screaming like banshees to prevent any other development on “sacred” ground because it might intefere with the mating habits of the desert cockroach are bullying the local chapters to remain silent.
In the end, the taxpayers will be forced to pay five times the normal rate for electricity, the “developers” will pocket billions in federal dollars, the unions will pocket their share and the plants will fall apart once the free money dries up.
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posted on
02/05/2012 6:53:18 AM PST
by
bitterohiogunclinger
(Proudly casting a heavy carbon footprint as I clean my guns ---)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
This solar thing has gotta be the biggest scam ever. Lot of money to be made - all off the back of the goobermint.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Here where I live close to Palm Springs The BLM recently allowed a company to put huge towers on pristine mountain tops to study the potential for wind turbines.This is land where if they catch you riding a motorcycle or driving your jeep they can(and will) arrest you.They flew these towers in by helicopter and erected them in one day without any notification whatsoever just BAM they were there. The local ecofreaks almost had a stroke.Some of then even had the balls to ask me to sign a petition to stop them after they literally screamed at us off road people during land use meetings. Now I'm just laughing at them.
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posted on
02/05/2012 7:09:54 AM PST
by
johnny reb
(I Have Not Yet Begun To Tea Party!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I really have no problem with the plan itself, but are the power bills from the 140,000 homes going to repay the taxpayers, or does some dem donor own the electric and solar companies and is going to reap the rewards thus trickling back to obama?
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posted on
02/05/2012 7:15:46 AM PST
by
paintriot
(Newt 2012 & 2016 Thinking long term!)
To: Bigh4u2
So it’s ok for them to sacrifice certain creatures for the good of the masses.
To: ronnie raygun
It was never about saving creatures or the earth.
It was, and always will be, about MONEY!
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posted on
02/05/2012 7:25:49 AM PST
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: bitterohiogunclinger
Bingo! If “Big Oil” is immoral for making money, why should we tolerate “green” companies charging MORE for the same energy? Shouldn’t they be doing it out of the goodness of their hearts, the way they want doctors to work for less when they drive profit out of the health care system?
These people are evil.
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posted on
02/05/2012 7:35:05 AM PST
by
Williams
(Honey Badger Don't Care)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Solar and wind cannot be relied upon until there is an efficient way to store the energy they capture.
The laws of thermodynamics are not flexible, even for ecoweenies.
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posted on
02/05/2012 7:46:18 AM PST
by
stboz
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Here's the part that gets me;
"The $2-billion plant....The resulting steam drives an array of turbines capable of generating 370 megawatts, enough to power roughly 140,000 homes during peak hours."
The average coal-fired power plant has a capacity of 600 MW, a new one being installed in Vietnam is expected to cost $1.2 billion.
At some point in the future we're going to wake up from this fantasy of global warming.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Humans don’t have the capability to “save the Earth”, even if it happened to be necessary. But it isn’t, and it never will be. God’s plan for the Earth is clearly laid out in the Bible, and there’s no need to worry. Of course, these leftwingers worship the creation, not the Creator, so such simple truths fall on deaf ears.
To: Bigh4u2
England is starting to fighting forced wind power. Read the February 5th article in The Telegraph “101 Tories Revolt Over Wind Farms,” By Patrick Hennessy, Political Editor. They have figured out wind farms are not the answer.
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posted on
02/05/2012 8:24:42 AM PST
by
Pilated
To: Pilated
We need a conservative anti-green energy legal foundation to file a law-suit against every solar, wind, proposal the left comes up with and tie up the proposed project in the courts.
Use the tactics of the left against them.
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posted on
02/05/2012 8:35:45 AM PST
by
Mogollon
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -- Thomas Jefferson)
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