We've been hearing about it now for a few weeks but the Fed's, the BLM: Bureau of Lame Management, er, sorry, the Bureau of LAND Management has decided to put a moratorium on disposing of or leasing land for Solar projects. They complain that they have gotten "so many" applications in the last few years that they need to do an environmental impact study to see if the new shade offered to the desert turtles will hurt them or not. Read the PVT article.
They want to push any approvals back for 22 months! That is almost TWO YEARS! How long does it take to find out whether a turtle likes the shade of a solar panel or not? Add that two years to the current THREE YEAR process to get the proper permits and we are still at least FIVE YEARS away from any new Solar Power in rural Nevada. That is not even counting the time it take to build the solar or wind plants.
I put this solidly in Senate MAJORITY Leader Harry Reid's lap. He is the freekin' head of the US Senate with a majority in Congress and what have we seen for all his LIP SERVICE to renewables in Nevada. Back when new coal plants were being proposed and he came out saying "over my dead body" he should have said "No to coal but I will get the BLM to release 50,000 acres for solar and wind projects"
I am TIRED of the lip service to renewables by ALL OUR POLITICIANS. It seems like this Ed Goedhart from Nye County is the ONLY ONE who gets it!
Showing posts with label Amargosa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amargosa. Show all posts
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
The Local Toad
I have just read a quote that completely summarized what PRO Nevada is all about. This comes from the Pahrump Valley Times and it is out of a story entitled "Beatty Group Opposes Amargosa Toad Listing"
It seems there is a local group of volunteers that have been working to preserve the natural habitats along the Amargosa River in Beatty and suddenly the feds have come in and declared the Amargosa Toad an "Endangered Species." Ryan Tweney is the chairman of the group of local volunteers and he is opposed to the listing. Now comes the great quote:
"Listing as an endangered species would make this harder, not easier. These things are best done locally and with the cooperation of everyone involved," said Tweney. "We don't want our work hampered by all of the bureaucratic obstacles that listing would bring." (PVT)
Let me say that again, with emphasis: "Listing will make (protecting the toad) HARDER!" And "(Protecting the Toad) is best done LOCALLY with COOPERATION" and "(Protecting the Toad is) HAMPERED by all of the BUREAUCRATIC OBSTACLES!"
This is what PRO Nevada is all about. WE in Rural Nevada should have the opportunities to do what needs to be done without the bureaucratic obstacles of outsiders. Sure there are people who will sometimes abuse the privilege of rural land ownership and predetermination but we at PRO Nevada believe that it is the rights of the rural landowners to work cooperatively together to preserve rivers, streams and toad AND to grow alfalfa, mine gold and silver, and raise herds at the same time. IT IS POSSIBLE to be good stewards of Nevada and put food on your table AND make a profit! That is PRO Nevada!
It seems there is a local group of volunteers that have been working to preserve the natural habitats along the Amargosa River in Beatty and suddenly the feds have come in and declared the Amargosa Toad an "Endangered Species." Ryan Tweney is the chairman of the group of local volunteers and he is opposed to the listing. Now comes the great quote:
"Listing as an endangered species would make this harder, not easier. These things are best done locally and with the cooperation of everyone involved," said Tweney. "We don't want our work hampered by all of the bureaucratic obstacles that listing would bring." (PVT)
Let me say that again, with emphasis: "Listing will make (protecting the toad) HARDER!" And "(Protecting the Toad) is best done LOCALLY with COOPERATION" and "(Protecting the Toad is) HAMPERED by all of the BUREAUCRATIC OBSTACLES!"
This is what PRO Nevada is all about. WE in Rural Nevada should have the opportunities to do what needs to be done without the bureaucratic obstacles of outsiders. Sure there are people who will sometimes abuse the privilege of rural land ownership and predetermination but we at PRO Nevada believe that it is the rights of the rural landowners to work cooperatively together to preserve rivers, streams and toad AND to grow alfalfa, mine gold and silver, and raise herds at the same time. IT IS POSSIBLE to be good stewards of Nevada and put food on your table AND make a profit! That is PRO Nevada!
Monday, February 4, 2008
Amargosa and Solar Power
More news in the Pahrump Valley Times this past weekend telling us that Ausra is making some moves to Amargosa Valley for a new SOLAR power plant. We at PRONevada would GREATLY ENCOURAGE Nye County to do all they can to get this plant.
Ausra is building a manufacturing plant in Las Vegas and is pulling the price of Solar Power from 20 cents and kwh (kilowatt hour) down to 11 cents. Gas and coal is at 5-6 cents and rising while solar is coming down. That still may not sound good to some of you to have Solar twice the price of gas and coal but consider a few things: 1] One is going down, the other is going up and soon (within a few years) they will switch places. 2] Paying 6 cents for gas is putting 6 cents into the pockets of people OUTSIDE Nevada, sometimes OUTSIDE the US and even INSIDE the borders of countries that HATE US! 3] Clean, absolutely clean, ZERO EMMISIONS of any kind! 4] A completely RENEWABLE resource, if there is one thing Amargosa has it is SUN and lots of it, it will be there tomorrow, you don't have to dig for it, it just shows up for work EVERY MORNING! (or at least 97% of the time)
So come on Nye County, come on State powers! Get this plant in here! Get them the tax breaks they need, cut out the red tape they are bound with. Give Valley Electric and even Nevada Power and Sierra Pacific power a kick in the but to build the transmission lines and credits they should be giving. Let's do this! It would definately be PRONevada!
Ausra is building a manufacturing plant in Las Vegas and is pulling the price of Solar Power from 20 cents and kwh (kilowatt hour) down to 11 cents. Gas and coal is at 5-6 cents and rising while solar is coming down. That still may not sound good to some of you to have Solar twice the price of gas and coal but consider a few things: 1] One is going down, the other is going up and soon (within a few years) they will switch places. 2] Paying 6 cents for gas is putting 6 cents into the pockets of people OUTSIDE Nevada, sometimes OUTSIDE the US and even INSIDE the borders of countries that HATE US! 3] Clean, absolutely clean, ZERO EMMISIONS of any kind! 4] A completely RENEWABLE resource, if there is one thing Amargosa has it is SUN and lots of it, it will be there tomorrow, you don't have to dig for it, it just shows up for work EVERY MORNING! (or at least 97% of the time)
So come on Nye County, come on State powers! Get this plant in here! Get them the tax breaks they need, cut out the red tape they are bound with. Give Valley Electric and even Nevada Power and Sierra Pacific power a kick in the but to build the transmission lines and credits they should be giving. Let's do this! It would definately be PRONevada!
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