04/28/2020
Are we close to getting a desert upon a desert as was recently described in Michael Moore's documentary because ecology is disrupted.
I lived my formative years in Henderson, NV. Some of the development that has taken place in the intervening years is quite stunning. But the reflective mirrors at Ivanhoe are just too much. Birds that by now know better, get blown off course and they are still suffering. I saw it with my own eyes when I flew over Ivanhoe. LAX to McCarrion Field, (McCarran Field), LV. The tower is unpleasant to look at and gave me a headache. Normal migration patterns of desert tortice are disrupted. It's kind of ugly and I don't like going by there. Jean is American for Jean Val Jean.lol. We also flew over small oases that didn't exist when I lived there and they are super. So generally the Mohave seems greener there. At least their air is much cleaner now.
But I can't help feel that solar, if it is to work, must be artfully used. Also some provision for wind should be made at high producing sites. Examples of what could be done for EM would involve nothing so massive as a half gigawatt hour capacity. Enough, if properly stored, for a population of 160,000? There's no way I ever want to see that many people living on the mountain.
Please check out what they have done on one of the Canary Islands, with wind power, reverse osmosis salt-to-fresh water conversion and a legacy hill top reservoir water distribution system. Link here! Google Canary islands wind power.
