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Solar project to destroy thousands of Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert (ca.news.yahoo.com)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/91685

cross-posted from: https://jorts.horse/users/fathermcgruder/statuses/112563861339745778

Solar project to destroy thousands of Joshua trees in the Mojave Desert
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/solar-project-destroy-thousands-joshua-100000768.html

It's crazy to me that a destructive photovoltaic solar project like this one is considered reasonable, but a new nuclear power plant within or adjacent to a city is beyond the pale.

@usa

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[–] Badeendje 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Cheap ground cannot be a reason then, OK?

[–] surewhynotlem 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sure it can. Why not?

[–] Badeendje 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The issue with ground prices is they fail to account for stuff humans really need like clean air, clean water, biodiversity. So if you stripp all these factors in valuation and then start building while at the same time chopping down trees in need of protection. You are kinda rigging the game, or not?

[–] surewhynotlem 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That doesn't mean it's not a reason. It's just a reason you don't like.

[–] Vandals_handle 0 points 5 months ago

The land is only cheap when you pretend those externalized environmental costs do not exist. They still have to be paid, usually by the public at large. I think the saying goes; socialize the cost and privatize the gains.

[–] Badeendje 0 points 5 months ago

I knew I should not have taken the bait.