Eco-zealots? Are SUVs killing the planet?

vpa2019
Sun, 21 May 2023 23:49:43 +0000

Perhaps. Depends on what those consequences are. Personally I’m tired of the renewables good, fossil fuels bad dichotomy. Renewables come with their own set of issues … many of which are still being discovered.

This was quite eye opening from the article.

Solar makes up about 3% of the US electricity supply, but the Biden administration hopes it will reach 45% by 2050, primarily by building more huge plants like this across the country’s flat, empty plains.

Imagine how much land will be taken over to reach the 45% target? Does the US have enough? Do we want to blanket the country with solar panel arrays and wind turbines? Maybe? Maybe not?

The Riverside East Solar Energy Zone – the ground zero of California’s solar energy boom – stretches for 150,000 acres, making it 10 times the size of Manhattan.

How will that affect the environment and the animals and people living near those solar plants? How often are these detrimental affects discussed and acknowledged when renewables are mentioned and touted?