Comments on: U.S. government maps solar-energy future

Federal agencies map out public lands in six states that have potential sites for development of solar energy projects.

[swenk22]

Green Energy!! Let's see if the enviros. go crazy over having some 20,000 acres of solar panels sprawling across natural lands... I think it would be fine... I also think drilling the 2,000 acres of Anwar would be fine...

[Renegade Knight]

It's the 20,000 acres of fencing chopping up the land and preventing access to animals and humans a like that would be a problem. I don't mind the solar. I do mind the loss of access.

[martin_c_e]

The destruction of the BLM lands during construction is huge damage. The resulting shade is going to dramatically alter the landscape and its Inhabitants is definitely going to drive the enviros crazy. good post!

[carlhage]

Note the press release and BLM site does not mention the original project web site or data/document pages. The actual web site is http://solareis.anl.gov/ and maps/data are at http://solareis.anl.gov/eis/maps/index.cfm

[galeso]

But won't solar energy trap heat that normally is reflected into space and will now increase global warming?

[TheRefinishingTouch]

'The green push' continues under President Obama, and we are seeing new technology and research being geared toward green developments and efforts left and right. TRT believes that these maps will be an enormous benefit. Solar energy is by far one of the best reusable energies available to man and the more we utilize it, the greater the benefit is for everyone.

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