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alarimer

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1. I don't think we should be destroying ecosystems in the name of clean energy

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2025, 08:58 AM

Feb 11

I don't know if these people are right that this project is "poisoning" them, but we must put ecosystem protection (especially fragile desert ones) ahead of any economic gain, even if it allegedly for the right reasons. Shooting ourselves in the foot doing stuff like this.

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'Destroying this place': Residents despair over massive project in tiny California town with no stoplights, 2000 people [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 11 OP

I don't think we should be destroying ecosystems in the name of clean energy alarimer Feb 11 #1

We won't save the world by destroying it. hunter Feb 11 #2