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EPA To Reuse Toxic Sites For Renewable Energy
Hugh Pickens writes:"The Daily Climate reports that President Obama and Congress are pushing to identify thousands of contaminated landfills and abandoned mines — 'brownfields' that could be repurposed to house wind farms, solar arrays, and geothermal power plants. Using already disturbed lands would help avoid conflicts between renewable energy developers and environmental groups concerned about impacts to wildlife habitat. 'In the next decade there's going to be a lot of renewable energy built, and all that has to go somewhere,' said Jessica Goad, an energy and climate change policy fellow for The Wilderness Society. 'We don't want to see these industrial facilities placed on land that's pristine. We love the idea of brownfields for renewable energy development because it relieves the (development) pressure on undisturbed places. The Environmental Protection Agency and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have identified nearly 4,100 contaminated sites deemed economically suitable for wind and solar power development, as well as biomass. Included are 5 million acres suitable for photovoltaic or concentrated solar power development, and 500,000 acres for wind power. These sites, if fully developed, have the potential to produce 950,000 megawatts — more than the country's total power needs in 2007, according to EPA data."
It's ironic that when an article on some corporation with solar aspirations is criticized (vaporware, waiting 10 years, etc.), but Obama will be hailed as Jesus Christ in the next 700+ posts without a single viable solar project under his belt.
Why do niggers always have tinted windows? They don't, it's just the black rubbing off.
I thought liberals are supposed to be open-minded to all speech from all persons? Then why is commentary negative to Obama deleted immediately? I guess the open-mindedness is only when they agree with the commentary.
God bless,
Mark.
Stupid strawman argument. Try learning what a logical fallacy is, then post something intelligent.
This will be an Eminent Domain bonanza!!!!
This is just a land grab trifecta
1) you have Kelo v. City of New London saying that any taking by the government is for "the public use", allowing the government to openly grab land at eminent domain prices and give it to their developer friends
2) you then have the EPA marking land as "brownfield" (i.e. bad bad very bad, not superfund bad, but bad), allowing the government to pay below eminent domain prices (i.e. rock bottom prices, "either your signature or brains will be on this contract" negotiation).
3) finally you have this being "Green". So, no court or citizens can morally oppose this (or else you hate the Earth, bad person)
4 or 3B, because "Green" is a double, a gift that keeps on giving) because this is "Green" your developer friends will get further government subsidies for building.
Man, they are good at graft and bribery in Chicago.
I'm sure that, as usual, it will be the taxpayers picking up the tab. Hopefully the final result will work out better than Grove Parc Plaza, at least.
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