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Solar projects also bring out protests

A2Z News -- BLYTHE, Calif. — One of California’s showcase solar energy projects, under construction in the desert east of Los Angeles, is being threatened by a deadly outbreak of distemper among kit foxes and the discovery of a prehistoric human settlement on the work site.

The $1 billion Genesis Solar Energy Project has been expedited by state and federal regulatory agencies that are eager to demonstrate that the nation can build solar plants quickly to ease dependence on fossil fuels and curb global warming.

Instead, the project is providing a cautionary example of how the rush to harness solar power in the desert can go wrong — possibly costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and dealing an embarrassing blow to the Obama administration’s solar initiative.

Native Americans, including

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Submitted Feb 20, 2012 By: bar1035

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johntxx Champion Author Texas Posts:2,784 Points:616,320 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:54:54 PM Ignore johntxx Report Abuse Obama has been an embarrassing blow to the US, from bowing to Saudi kings to trying to socialize the medical field to pouring tax dollars into defunct ventures. [Edited by: johntxx at 2/20/2012 10:55:37 PM EST]
granitestater Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:8,824 Points:1,430,750 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:45:45 PM Ignore granitestater Report Abuse What's GEICO doing out there in the desert?
pickledude72 Champion Author California Posts:1,120 Points:836,345 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:38:11 PM Ignore pickledude72 Report Abuse So easy to figure out what's really happening "even a cave man could do it!"
fuelsaverMN Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:2,282 Points:559,080 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:35:47 PM Ignore fuelsaverMN Report Abuse "That just makes me sick"
Bubba44612 Champion Author Ohio Posts:7,396 Points:1,877,080 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:32:48 PM Ignore Bubba44612 Report Abuse Guess they just want to pay higher prices for everything.
Blue48 Champion Author Illinois Posts:7,305 Points:1,637,945 Joined:Feb 2007	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:32:43 PM Ignore Blue48 Report Abuse NOT A GOOD START!
kcboy Champion Author Utah Posts:3,968 Points:1,507,800 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:30:01 PM Ignore kcboy Report Abuse Some where, some place, someone has to protest about something.
mcmonsta Champion Author Honolulu Posts:3,227 Points:818,545 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:25:51 PM Ignore mcmonsta Report Abuse the efficiency of gov't at its best? or does it know how to get a job done well? or do they know what a well done job is....someone is sleeping in the administration....how do you figure?
byoftDad Champion Author Columbus Posts:4,452 Points:1,233,375 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:25:22 PM Ignore byoftDad Report Abuse They will protest anything. Why don't they protest against death?
tippybuddy Champion Author Ontario Posts:1,523 Points:207,740 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:24:49 PM Ignore tippybuddy Report Abuse confusing article
nvwarped All-Star Author Corpus Christi Posts:893 Points:454,500 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:24:28 PM Ignore nvwarped Report Abuse ok
MidNJ Champion Author New Jersey Posts:7,554 Points:1,172,595 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:24:07 PM Ignore MidNJ Report Abuse Kst8, I agree, """The protest really has nothing to do with solar/energy!!!"""
Caribou2011 Champion Author Ohio Posts:3,761 Points:767,860 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:23:25 PM Ignore Caribou2011 Report Abuse Ok
serrog Champion Author Nova Scotia Posts:5,564 Points:1,512,130 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:23:25 PM Ignore serrog Report Abuse Humbug
Thomtec Champion Author Nashville Posts:2,464 Points:608,145 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:21:12 PM Ignore Thomtec Report Abuse Kooks, fruits and nuts. These people cannot be serious.
bevmill Champion Author Georgia Posts:2,577 Points:600,320 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:20:53 PM Ignore bevmill Report Abuse interesting
eye-spy Champion Author Quebec Posts:4,583 Points:2,416,870 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:18:26 PM Ignore eye-spy Report Abuse Interesting.
DustyHorse Champion Author Virginia Posts:6,085 Points:1,391,805 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:17:16 PM Ignore DustyHorse Report Abuse I think the Obama administration's solar initiative was dealt an embarrassing blow by the Solyndra Bankruptcy fiasco. This is pale by comparison.
camaro_man Champion Author Kitchener-Waterloo Posts:2,230 Points:611,005 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:15:25 PM Ignore camaro_man Report Abuse wow
cmsense Champion Author Columbus Posts:1,358 Points:165,345 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:15:14 PM Ignore cmsense Report Abuse reading through some of these, ignorant as cow excrement, posts is giving me distemper!!!!
miiike572 All-Star Author Phoenix Posts:798 Points:524,915 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:15:03 PM Ignore miiike572 Report Abuse Anything that Barry can do to cost the american tax payer money he will. Hey , he has already outspent all of his predecessors combined; he just doesn't want anyone going for the title with any chance to overtake it.
danreino Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:8,348 Points:1,539,755 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:14:50 PM Ignore danreino Report Abuse So what's it gonna be boy; yes or no ?
bullfrog69 Champion Author Texas Posts:2,304 Points:834,260 Joined:Nov 2009	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:13:50 PM Ignore bullfrog69 Report Abuse Always sumpin!
cimilluca1 Sophomore Author New York Posts:193 Points:234,425 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:12:03 PM Ignore cimilluca1 Report Abuse Amazing but true.........
Stooker Sophomore Author Ontario Posts:158 Points:70,320 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:10:22 PM Ignore Stooker Report Abuse of course!
nztyraider Champion Author Nevada Posts:2,273 Points:693,325 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:07:58 PM Ignore nztyraider Report Abuse Need something to protest.
Wisegold Rookie Author Kansas City Posts:63 Points:131,735 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:04:54 PM Ignore Wisegold Report Abuse Go SUN.
HEBster Champion Author Kentucky Posts:8,788 Points:2,374,025 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 9:01:50 PM Ignore HEBster Report Abuse Don't know if it'll make it.
Gil1234 Rookie Author South Dakota Posts:6 Points:3,525 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:59:42 PM Ignore Gil1234 Report Abuse wow! Crazy
Toppers Champion Author Atlanta Posts:9,012 Points:2,470,695 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:58:31 PM Ignore Toppers Report Abuse We'll just see...
inkedbiker74 Veteran Author Akron Posts:250 Points:371,080 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:44:53 PM Ignore inkedbiker74 Report Abuse bring on the solar!
Cyberkedi Champion Author Atlanta Posts:13,371 Points:2,317,615 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:42:40 PM Ignore Cyberkedi Report Abuse Some people are just plain freaking impossible to please! You said it, Gsipper - if you don't like solar, wind, oil, coal, etc., give up all your electricity and live in a wooden shack deep in the woods.
gsipper Champion Author Indianapolis Posts:1,098 Points:656,775 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:39:38 PM Ignore gsipper Report Abuse We should protest all forms of energy so we can live like cavemen.
mikaye Champion Author Cleveland Posts:3,829 Points:864,435 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:35:42 PM Ignore mikaye Report Abuse don't rush to build new plants they never generate the jobs, money or power promised
Goatroper Champion Author Dallas Posts:6,599 Points:1,294,460 Joined:Apr 2004	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:35:34 PM Ignore Goatroper Report Abuse I never did get the connection between distemper in the foxes and the construction....and I was totally unaware that Native Americans ever practiced cremation.
BKool Champion Author Michigan Posts:5,258 Points:1,899,330 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:26:45 PM Ignore BKool Report Abuse TGTBT
hcivic Champion Author Virginia Posts:3,854 Points:2,265,715 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:26:31 PM Ignore hcivic Report Abuse ok
ericbcire Champion Author Nevada Posts:4,520 Points:1,267,235 Joined:Aug 2009	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:24:48 PM Ignore ericbcire Report Abuse More wasted tax dollars.
ratones1 Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:2,912 Points:731,980 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:23:03 PM Ignore ratones1 Report Abuse MORE LIES...
skb69sa Champion Author San Antonio Posts:3,482 Points:711,150 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:22:33 PM Ignore skb69sa Report Abuse Not a surprise
VernonOR Champion Author Oregon Posts:2,915 Points:737,870 Joined:Aug 2010	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:19:38 PM Ignore VernonOR Report Abuse Greenies fighting greenies, I love it.
heysailor Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:9,582 Points:2,332,670 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:17:56 PM Ignore heysailor Report Abuse Ooops
kymechanic All-Star Author Kentucky Posts:905 Points:573,790 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:17:56 PM Ignore kymechanic Report Abuse More tax money down the drain!
aquarinut Champion Author British Columbia Posts:1,628 Points:436,855 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:13:13 PM Ignore aquarinut Report Abuse Too true davenles!!!! lmao!!!!
97beater Sophomore Author Madison Posts:249 Points:290,605 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:11:53 PM Ignore 97beater Report Abuse oops, hopefully it works out
tnfran Champion Author Arizona Posts:4,378 Points:842,190 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:10:53 PM Ignore tnfran Report Abuse Wow , what a dilema.
bbreff Champion Author Atlanta Posts:9,848 Points:2,568,415 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:08:24 PM Ignore bbreff Report Abuse Give me a break. Sounds like environmentalists are at it again.
TDIdave Champion Author California Posts:5,058 Points:1,224,740 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:06:15 PM Ignore TDIdave Report Abuse hmmm.
Jeffro61 Champion Author Cleveland Posts:2,272 Points:2,285,570 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:04:31 PM Ignore Jeffro61 Report Abuse Oh please. Solar panels are not bad for the enviroment or that area. Greenies go away!
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kst8er Champion Author St. Louis Posts:2,882 Points:1,046,440 Joined:Feb 2006	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:01:26 PM Ignore kst8er Report Abuse really? the protest has nothing to do with solar/energy!!!
ssect8 Champion Author Hartford Posts:7,994 Points:2,094,270 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: Feb 20, 2012 8:01:23 PM Ignore ssect8 Report Abuse The only thing solar is good for is wasting tax payer money like it's going out of style.