Mojave Desert Deluxe
As
reported by the New York Times - "Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced
legislation in Congress on Monday to protect a million acres of the
Mojave Desert in California by scuttling some 13 big solar plants and
wind farms planned for the region."
In
a strange quirk of irony, eco-freaks are struggling to swallow this new
wrinkle in their plans to support the Obama Administration's goal of
seeding the Public lands with so-called "sustainable" energy. It isn't
every day that conservationists whine over preservation of wildlands.
"This
is arguably the best solar land in the world, and Senator Feinstein
shouldn't be allowed to take this land off the table without a proper
and scientific environmental review," said Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the
environmentalist and a partner with a venture capital firm that
invested in a solar developer called BrightSource Energy.
Did they say "partner in a venture capital firm" that pushes solar mojo?
The
American Desert West is anything but empty of biodiversity and inherent
value. The developers and their venture capitalists can stick their
solar panels on rooftops where they belong. Except for one small catch,
these solar arrays are industrial models that need lots of land to get
the juice flowing. Think 30,000 acres for starters. You can't just plop
these hunkers on a Wal-Mart roof and say "Let the sun shine in!"
Every now an then a politician gets something right. Even if the Greenies stand to miss a profit in the exchange.
JUST A FEW WORDS ABOUT TIGER
Jim Stiles
When
the Tiger Woods story broke, it was front page news, even here in
Australia, though I doubt it received the saturation coverage that
Americans endured.
I immediately whipped out a couple cartoons, and imagined Tiger Jokes dispersed throughout this issue.
And
then I thought...you know, this isn't funny. It's none of my business.
The World is falling apart and we're having fun with a family tragedy?
Tiger Woods has his own demons to deal with. His children will suffer
the most.
Enough said.