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Is the moratorium to build solar plants on public lands a fossil fuel conspiracy?

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/us/27solar.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1214674572-5BL/1HF4Zu6seCPy7zv4CQ "The Bureau of Land Management says an extensive environmental study is needed to determine how large solar plants might affect millions of acres it oversees in six Western states — Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah…..fledgling solar… Continue Reading →

Should the government stop subsidizing bad solar technology and put the money into research?

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The state of solar panel technology (especially thermal) is stuck where it was 30 years ago because the government is subsidizing projects using that old technology rather than investing in research into new more efficient was to capture solar energy.… Continue Reading →