Re: A world-changing event

In article <ctfrf19070j2q01bc56m3n1o7tva580puc@xxxxxxx>,
cyril <meynier.cyril@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>- Land occupied by suuch a "solar farm" is tiny compared to hydro :
>for instance, the hoover dam flooded 247 square miles, and a "solar
>farm" would need only 11 square miles to produce as much energy. In
>addition, the solar farm can be put in an otherwise useless desert,
>while the dam flood a valley, that is often a a very rich place (both
>for nature and humans).
>

There are actually very few useless desserts. There are not that many
places so blighted that absolutely no life is harbored. Just because a
dessert is useless to mankind does not make it useless to the living things
within it. Like other marginal habitats, the dessert is easily damaged
and affected flora and fauna have nowhere else to go, but extinct.

Habitat destroying developement should be in the middle of robust ecosystems,
like boreal forests, and kept away from delicately balanced ones, like
desserts.

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