Biologist Bruce M. Pavlik, author of The California Deserts: An Ecological Rediscovery, which I’m working my way through this week, has a great piece in the Los Angeles Times on Big Solar vs. the deserts.

The costs of industrializing the biologically rich California deserts will be measured in terms of species extinction, ecosystem degradation and the perpetuation of human self-deception.

We know better than to rush. A cautious, informed and integrated approach will secure sustainable, clean energy without sacrificing the future of these precious lands.

Read the rest.

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   Larry Hogue 2009 02 18 at 10:21:48 am

   I thought one of his best comments was that continuing to put our power sources “out of sight, out of mind” discourages conservation, whereas having a solar panel on your roof encourages conservation.