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Freeze On US Solar Plant Applications Lifted
necro81 writes "Barely a month ago, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced a freeze on applications for solar power plants on federally managed land, pending a two-year comprehensive environmental review. After much hue and cry from the public, industry, and other parts of government, BLM has today announced that it will lift the freeze, but continue to study the possible environmental effects. To date, no solar project has yet been approved on BLM land."
Because Big Oil doesn't like Big Sun.
Hippies with money don't care about the poor trying to get by with high heating oil/energy costs.
They only care about some rare breed of bird that's almost extinct since it likes to eat plastic bags.
I find the lack of humanity in PETA and other hippie groups appalling.
The price of gas is subsidized with human lives, and with tax money. You really think you're just paying at the pump? Oh and, say goodbye to our breathable atmosphere.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"