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Rural America set to be transformed by up to 55 million-acre federal solar plan
« on: March 26, 2024, 06:50:44 am »
Rural America set to be transformed by up to 55 million-acre federal solar plan
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February 29th, 2024
 
By Kevin Stocklin:
Solar energy’s appetite for vast amounts of land has prompted the Biden administration to propose designating as much as 55 million acres of public lands as potential sites for industrial-scale solar farms.

That’s an area larger than 36 states and similar in size to Idaho or Minnesota.

An updated initiative by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), called the Western Solar Plan, proposes six alternatives for solar development.

In the most aggressive of these scenarios, 55 million acres across 11 Western states would be made available for solar energy. The least aggressive alternative would designate 8 million acres for that purpose.

https://www.cfact.org/2024/02/29/rural-america-set-to-be-transformed-by-up-to-55-million-acre-federal-solar-plan/
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Re: Rural America set to be transformed by up to 55 million-acre federal solar plan
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2024, 08:21:50 am »
Idiots on parade.  Not only does this tie up that acreage that could be used for farrming. And....

But what happens in 20 years when the panel elements age, and start degrading.  First is the cost of removal.  If those panels are tightly packed in 100's of acres, the cost and logistics of removal become prohibitive. THEN..   add the fact as these things start corroding, and disintergrating, think about the leachate off these structures. This will contaminate the farmland where crops are not an option.   Heavy metal contamination may permanently ruin the land, as remediation too will not be cost effective.

Our enviro-whacko faction has a terminal stupidity disease.  Please someone....  Make it stop.
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Re: Rural America set to be transformed by up to 55 million-acre federal solar plan
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2024, 09:17:43 am »
I'd do an enviro/NIMBY suit to stop it. Use their own tactics against them.
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Re: Rural America set to be transformed by up to 55 million-acre federal solar plan
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2024, 09:35:02 am »
Are the Feds going to take any land east of the Mississippi and north of the Mason-Dixon line?
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« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2024, 09:36:49 am »
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Re: Rural America set to be transformed by up to 55 million-acre federal solar plan
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2024, 06:13:23 pm »
Catfish cries out:
"Please someone....  Make it stop..."

Once more, I'll ask:
Is it time yet for the red states to convene a new "Heartland Continental Congress...?
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Re: Rural America set to be transformed by up to 55 million-acre federal solar plan
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2024, 07:20:08 pm »
Thankfully, none of it will last very long with 2 feet of snow on it.  :whistle:

So... Arizona I reckon.
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Re: Rural America set to be transformed by up to 55 million-acre federal solar plan
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2024, 11:03:36 pm »
Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on March 26, 2024, 09:35:02 am
Are the Feds going to take any land east of the Mississippi and north of the Mason-Dixon line?
:silly:
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