A possible return to atomic power??? WTH??? 🤬 🤬 🤬

[jeffreyi]

155. The land mismanagement going on in the name of solar

Is astonishing. There's solar on previously disturbed sites. Rooftops, parking lots, et al. Fine, we need more. And then there's the vast acreages of public lands being bulldozed as we speak, for solar farms, roads, power lines. This is habitat for desert tortoises, burrowing owls, migratory birds, lots and lots of other trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants, wildlife, and humans who find peace and beauty there. And the carbon footprint of the "renewables" is not "green." When those solar farms are obsolete in a few years, the energy produced will have been minimal, and the habitat is still lost forever. I am all for nuclear power generation, warts and all, especially small scale, in the interim while we wait around for the technology to really be able to produce cleaner power. And leave the wild lands alone. One way or another, the ultimate long-term solution is to reduce the demand for this energy. I think Homo saps are living in dream land, behaving as if we can replicate and consume forever, with no consequences. Mother nature has a tendency to laugh last, and she doesn't care if we make the necessary changes by choice or by default.