Posted by Tina
The Bureau of Land Management announced that it’s placing a two-year freeze on proposals for new solar-energy farms on federal lands, pending the results of … an environmental impact study. – New York Post Editorial
Lease applications in the pipeline, which wouldn’t be affected by the moratorium, cover more than 1 million acres.Still, such an environmental hiccup for one of America’s prestige “green” industries does rather put the rest of the national energy debate in perspective. *** Consider the Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where up to 16 billion barrels of oil could be extracted from a mere 2,000-acre footprint – but for politicians’ carping about the “pristine natural beauty” of a wasteland no more inspiring than any of the deserts so primed for solar energy. *** The two-year solar freeze, moreover, pales in comparison to the 12 years since the country’s newest nuclear power plant came on line – or the three decades since anyone’s built a much-needed oil refinery.
What goes around…comes around. Ooooh…the sheer joy!