Geothermal plant wins appeal but pauses Nevada construction

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3. The geothermal plants there now supply 67 megawatts to the California grid.

That's compared to the 40,000 megawatt electric demand in California on a typical summer day. In other words, about a teaspoon of water in a one gallon bucket, and no reason to damage a unique ecosystem.

This project is an expansion of that system that ought to be opposed by anyone who considers themselves an environmentalist. We're not going to "save the world" by trashing even more of it.

I'd support buying this project out so we could shut it all down and restore the land to its natural state. That would include removing the roads and power lines as well.

As environmentalists we should oppose any development of previously undeveloped land and support the restoration of lands and waterways that have been severely degraded by human development, starting with the very worst of them -- the strip mines, the dangerous old dams, etc..

We don't need this electricity.