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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:40 PM Original message |
Greens, new-energy backers at odds over use of desert—Solar plans spur heated debate |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Years ago I made jokes that some enviromentalists would even be against wind & solar. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes, when it screws up their view |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Those "environmentalists" are not environmentalists, they are luddites and NIMBYists. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I agree with the term "luddite," but in one way these bourgeois brats have proved useful. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I completely agree. Solar standards should be met with zero polluting aspects (except for CO2). |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. It's an interesting myth. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. The enviromental red tape increased the build time from about 3 years to about 12. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The AP1000 is friggin awesome. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. It will happen I think the model will be used for all future plants. |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. Aren't there areas such as the salt plains which are barren? |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
11. Why not start in the cities? |
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