And the sad (and maddening) thing about it is, none of the NIMBYs or wackos who opposed this project will be held accountable for their complicity in being responsible, in part, for this blackout occurring. The press certainly won't. Its unpalatable to the mainstream media to point out the downside of environmental extremisim because, after all, "their intentions are good".
BTW, a similar thing is happening with the Columbia investigation. Everyone knows that foam breaking off the external tank damaging the wing is what did it, but I have yet to see any mention anywhere (other than FR) of the fact that NASA switched to a non-freon foam for environmental reasons, and this substitute foam apparently has inferior adhesive properties. So environmental extremism may very well be the root cause. But the mainstream press won't touch it with a ten-foot pole. And who will end up paying the price, besides those who died? Managers within NASA, of course, many of whom had nothing to do with the decision to go with the alternate material.
But I digress. Still, the lack of accountability of environmentalist wackos in these kinds of things and the unwillingness of the press to hold their feet to the fire is just outrageous.