15 Oct '12, 4pm

UPDATE: Western Solar Zones to Streamline Development on Public Lands: Update: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar o...

I believe our descendants will be much upset about the MTR holocaust in Appalachia, as well as the pervasive groundwater contamination resulting from fracking. They will say: "Geez, they knew better, they had scientists and regulations, but in the frenzied greed of the day they didn't bother to enforce them." Rooftop solar has advantages of being local and robust in terms of power support; I am particularly supportive in the "Big Box" commercial rooftop solar model being advanced by Project Amp. But the big desert utility projects are also necessary in order to get the sheer gigawatts that are necessary to make a difference in carbon reduction. I have seen the various claims about many gigawatts of "potential" solar generation available on rooftops in SoCal; this is mainly theoretical based on rooftops observable from space. But when you get down to ground level, people ar...

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renewableenergyworld.com 15 Oct '12, 3pm

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renewableenergyworld.com 16 Oct '12, 1pm

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