Sacrificing the desert to save the Earth

[txlibdem]

26. Yet even a small change to their environment will spell certain peril for their species

Such an event is happening as we speak. Can these species survive a century of dust bowl conditions? I think not. PS, global climate change also means more flooding as well as more severe and longer droughts. What will a decade of deluge followed by a decade of dust bowl drought do to those species?

Your post makes it seem that you believe the desert species will be okay if we just leave them alone. Nothing could be farther from the truth. They need these massive solar power plants just as much as we do, likewise the wind turbines everywhere it makes sense to put them and if anybody wants to buy solar for their roof then let them do so as well. We need all of the zero carbon energy sources we can get or even we are doomed as a species due to global climate change... and the delicate ecosystem of the desert will be one of its first victims.