Great, well-balanced op-ed by Sarah Gilman from Writers on the Range on the development of Western lands with wind and solar energy production. As with anything there are pros and cons. On the one hand more solar and wind production means less use of fossil fuels, but on the other hand solar and wind production needs vast quantities of land. So as Ms. Gilman posits, do we build clean solar and wind energy sources anywhere on BLM land or do we reduce our energy consumption? I don't know. But what I do know is that we don't have much time to figure it out.
I think there will be more wind and solar on western landscapes.
ReplyDeleteI think you're right solar panels. Part of me is not opposed to vast swaths of our Western landscape blotted with concentrated solar power plants and wind turbines. The other part wants the simplicity and the serenity of a world without the need for electricity.
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