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Trillo

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4. Great News!

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 09:51 AM

Feb 2015

It's so seldom that there's good news on DU.

It's too bad that some people who are all for oil and more oil don't believe in saving the earth for future generations.

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Huge solar farm opens in California: Enough energy for 160,000 homes [View all] n2doc Feb 2015 OP

Great news!! Thanks for posting this n/t livetohike Feb 2015 #1

4000 ACRES!!!!!!!!!!!!! damyank913 Feb 2015 #2

Please take a look at Desert Center, California, on Google maps. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2015 #17

Does something HAVE to be built everywhere? FBaggins Feb 2015 #27

Exactly. the Desert has an ecosystem and beauty all it's own dbackjon Feb 2015 #30

True enough... though as I said, I would likely support the plant FBaggins Feb 2015 #33

That is A LOT of land --six sections. Drahthaardogs Feb 2015 #35

Edwards Air Force Base alone takes up 308,000 acres. Kaleva Feb 2015 #38

Not that much land at all, IMO. closeupready Feb 2015 #39

4000 acres could be saved if those solar panels were mounted on rooftops rather than on the ground TimeToEvolve Feb 2015 #3

Think of the future possibilities, when they hire people to build houses under them. n/t jtuck004 Feb 2015 #8

Now you're talking.. mountain grammy Feb 2015 #9

Um, you do realize they are in the middle of a desert, right? eggplant Feb 2015 #12

I understand what you're saying. damyank913 Feb 2015 #16

What's next is not having to burn fuels to generate half a gigawatt. eggplant Feb 2015 #18

I live in Las Vegas and travel by this area whenever I go to LA. brush Feb 2015 #29

You realize that deserts aren't sterile, right? Xithras Feb 2015 #22

Um, you do realize that deserts are ecosystems also, right? yellowcanine Feb 2015 #26

Other than preserving it for plants, animals, etc dbackjon Feb 2015 #31

"It's not like we were doing anything with that land before then." Nihil Feb 2015 #34

How many acres do Nuclear Power Plants take up including the waste materials? titaniumsalute Feb 2015 #24

A very VERY tiny proportion of that amount. FBaggins Feb 2015 #28

True. Most probably aren't more than 1,000 acres. titaniumsalute Feb 2015 #36

Great News! Trillo Feb 2015 #4

Why do you think this would save the Earth? The2ndWheel Feb 2015 #19

Renewable energy. Trillo Feb 2015 #21

K&R. Glad to hear it. Overseas Feb 2015 #5

Meanwhile over here in sun town, Salt River Project trying to kill solar industry. lonestarnot Feb 2015 #6

But what about all those solar earthquakes? And won't those panels kill the birds? valerief Feb 2015 #7

We are ignoring the elephant here! We can't afford truthisfreedom Feb 2015 #13

I'm an environmentalist, I support solar power. but these big desert plants are despicable. hunter Feb 2015 #10

But the deserts belong to all life The2ndWheel Feb 2015 #15

That's a very good point. Human language has a huge influence on human thought patterns. hunter Feb 2015 #20

Bingo dbackjon Feb 2015 #32

Tyranny! nt onehandle Feb 2015 #11

K & R SunSeeker Feb 2015 #14

My math shows 4000 divided by 160,000 = .025 x 40 = 1 acre ( 1/40th of an acre per home) or.. vkkv Feb 2015 #23

It might not scale directly, though, due to economies of scale. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2015 #25

Your math necessarily assumes that the 160k figure is accurate FBaggins Feb 2015 #37