All well and good, Mr. Redford, but, as my friend Kim Selesky-Williams, who is trying to save Panoche Valley points out, what's with the imagery of industrial solar plants in the desert as alternative energy? How is that really the American people taking "charge of their own livelihoods"?
Here's Kim's comment (via Facebook):
I was right there with him until they started flashing images of industrial-scale solar fields. Not once did he talk about the loss we'll suffer if we allow big energy to continue their monopoly with the improper siting of solar resulting in the loss of prisitne openspace and fertile ag lands. We need solar in urban areas, on the miles and miles of rooftop sitting unused, over parking lots, bus stops, etc.
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