California's San Bernardino County restricts construction of solar, wind farms

" some residents say the prohibition will protect communities from potential health hazards caused by blowing dust, which increases when pristine desert land is disturbed by construction. They also sited the protection of scenic views, carbon sequestration from desert vegetation, and preservation of habitat and wildlife as reasons to prohibit large solar development."

Sure, let's have more coal from Nevada instead.

Re: California's San Bernardino County restricts construction of solar, wind farms

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Post by jayd16 » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 4:13 AM UTC

>[...] solar projects proposed along or near the highway would ruin the pristine desert landscapes [...]

Ironic.

Re: California's San Bernardino County restricts construction of solar, wind farms

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Post by philipov » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 4:15 AM UTC

zzleeper wrote: post #7

Wow.. when I thought NIMBYism in California couldn't get any worst. From here: https://www.sbsun.com/2019/02/28/san-bernardino-county-board... " some residents say the prohibition will protect communities from potential health hazards caused by blowing dust, which increases when pristine desert land is disturbed by construction. They also sited the protection of scenic views, carbon sequestration from desert vegetati…

"sited the protection of scenic views..." that would have made a good pun, if it weren't instead the copy-editors just not catching the mistake.

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Post by stcredzero » Fri, Mar 01, 2019, 4:16 AM UTC

zzleeper wrote: post #7

Wow.. when I thought NIMBYism in California couldn't get any worst. From here: https://www.sbsun.com/2019/02/28/san-bernardino-county-board... " some residents say the prohibition will protect communities from potential health hazards caused by blowing dust, which increases when pristine desert land is disturbed by construction. They also sited the protection of scenic views, carbon sequestration from desert vegetati…

Wow.. when I thought NIMBYism in California couldn't get any worst.

NIMBYism in California has been at the level where one generation basically doesn't give a damn about the subsequent generations. This fits in with the pattern.