Sacrifice of the Joshua Trees for poorly understood and probably unattainable climate goals will make for interesting environmental history and lessons in what-not-to-do. Plus, placing industrial-scale solar farms in the fragile desert environment destroys far more than Joshua Trees. If you want to see the damage done so far, take a drive through the desert portions of California Highways 14 & 58 and Interstates 10 & 15.
It's interesting how the righteous will bend their views to serve their views ... the collection of quotes from the Joshua tree killers in the name of saving the planet shines a light on their little corruption. I'm going to call this, "the Elsa Schneider Fallacy" -- where one claims to love something, then misses the entire bigger picture of that thing and their own moral standing, as they make the entirely wrong decision based on greed and only briefly have to face the consequences of their broken thought process. (Elsa Schneider ... ala Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade)
Well written, thank you. You certainly didn't pull any punches. Thank you for that, though I'm sure you know that even such a blunt assessment will gather no sympathy from the Klimate Krazies! They will merely call you a liar, a crier, and a denier, and keep their D8s moving through the habitats.
It is interesting though, how times have changed. Twenty years ago I helped install fiber optic cable across the Mojave from Vegas and Yuma to San Diego. We had to provide special training for construction observers to protect tortoises, toads, and some plants. As I recall, if a tortoise was killed, there was a substantial fine ($25,000 comes to mind). In cases of habitat such as the Joshua trees, we either rerouted the cable, or did directional drilling to avoid any surface disturbance.
Thank you again for your good work; keep it coming, please!
"As usual with the LA Times, this shit gets worse."
Truer words were never spoken.
Thank you for calling BULLSHIT on these hucksters. The climate cranks and their corporate promoters need to be exposed to all so that their evil can be seen and ended.
Sacrifice of the Joshua Trees for poorly understood and probably unattainable climate goals will make for interesting environmental history and lessons in what-not-to-do. Plus, placing industrial-scale solar farms in the fragile desert environment destroys far more than Joshua Trees. If you want to see the damage done so far, take a drive through the desert portions of California Highways 14 & 58 and Interstates 10 & 15.
It's interesting how the righteous will bend their views to serve their views ... the collection of quotes from the Joshua tree killers in the name of saving the planet shines a light on their little corruption. I'm going to call this, "the Elsa Schneider Fallacy" -- where one claims to love something, then misses the entire bigger picture of that thing and their own moral standing, as they make the entirely wrong decision based on greed and only briefly have to face the consequences of their broken thought process. (Elsa Schneider ... ala Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade)
Well written, thank you. You certainly didn't pull any punches. Thank you for that, though I'm sure you know that even such a blunt assessment will gather no sympathy from the Klimate Krazies! They will merely call you a liar, a crier, and a denier, and keep their D8s moving through the habitats.
It is interesting though, how times have changed. Twenty years ago I helped install fiber optic cable across the Mojave from Vegas and Yuma to San Diego. We had to provide special training for construction observers to protect tortoises, toads, and some plants. As I recall, if a tortoise was killed, there was a substantial fine ($25,000 comes to mind). In cases of habitat such as the Joshua trees, we either rerouted the cable, or did directional drilling to avoid any surface disturbance.
Thank you again for your good work; keep it coming, please!
"As usual with the LA Times, this shit gets worse."
Truer words were never spoken.
Thank you for calling BULLSHIT on these hucksters. The climate cranks and their corporate promoters need to be exposed to all so that their evil can be seen and ended.
More layers of crazy than a Blooming 🧅! Greatly enjoyed this! Gives me great information and enjoyment as I listen while I’m out working.