yep. and it's hardly like there are FORESTS of johsua trees, it's one here, another one over there, a few kms down the road another one.... the idea that they're paving over a forest....

also, I wouldn't be surprised at all if they can just build around the fuckers, they're small ass trees to start with.

Edit:

there are totally areas chock fulla Joshua Trees. I stand corrected, see links below.

But still think they can find space for this and other solar all throughout the southwest desert.

If people think solar destroys the environment, wait till they find out about coal and natural gas

What about all the sunny land that doesn't have Joshua trees? Why are we even trying to build power plants so far away from where the electricity is mostly needed?

These people apparently found the only ones and decided to build a solar farm there.

No, not those shrivelled black things!

I mean, they’re called a tree, but they’re an overgrown cactus. They don’t get very big and don’t have near the carbon capture something like a pine does. But there are plenty of areas of just scrub brush better suited for this project.

I love the story of when they played at the Barrow lands in Glasgow, I think. I'm paraphrasing

Bono walks onto the stage and claps really slowly, at 3 second intervals.

After a bit, he says dramatically "Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies"

A bloke in the audience shouts "Stop doing it then you cruel cunt"

How? What are the differences between the new and old versions of net metering in California that are affecting this situation?

Lemmy.ml no thanks, thank you bot for trying