Comment on In the California desert, residents are struggling with the influx of massive solar projects

reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• eatthecake@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Residents worry about the project’s dust, the potential spread of Valley Fever from fungal spores that could be stirred up and their properties losing value. The project’s water assessment found it could result in a deficit of 300 acre feet of groundwater—typically enough for 600 California homes—meaning more water would be coming out of the local aquifer than goes in.

  They’re not trying to stop it but they want negative impacts mitigated. This seems reasonable.

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  • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Smells like bullshit excuses. The same article talks about “They want a buffer zone to protect their viewscape and other proposed developments in the area, like new housing and a gas station.” So they don’t have a problem with that construction kicking up dust or using water — just the solar farm construction.

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  • SteveKLord@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thank you for a reading the article and responding with substance from it that considers what it instead of being dismissive. These projects are far from perfect.

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