Vandals_handle@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Solar project to destroy thousands of Joshua trees in the Mojave DesertEnglish
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30 days agoBuild over existing infrastructure. One example is current project to cover water canals with solar. Don’t need to acquire land, reduces evaporation saving water, reduces plant growth in canals lowering maintenance costs.
The land is only cheap when you pretend those externalized environmental costs do not exist. They still have to be paid, usually by the public at large. I think the saying goes; socialize the cost and privatize the gains.