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It doesn’t make that much sense. We can transmit power pretty long distances these days. I don’t understand “don’t disturb the desert” - why? It’s not just use
by onethought 4y ago
It doesn’t make that much sense. We can transmit power pretty long distances these days.
I don’t understand “don’t disturb the desert” - why? It’s not just useless to us… it’s useless to most living things.
- eru 4y ago> We can transmit power pretty long distances these days. Engineering feasibility is not the same as economic viability.
- CorrectHorseBat 4y agoOr political
- downrightmike 4y agoI don't know where OP got that from, but we don't actually need to use it, an a lot of things live there. It isn't all just bare sun bleached rock and sand. https://www.desertmuseum.org/desert/sonora.php https://www.desertmuseum.org/desert/sonora.php
- the8472 4y ago"things live there" can also be true about gamma-ray sterilized canned food[0]. That doesn't mean it's important to the continued functioning of the ecosphere. Also, some deserts are more lifeless than others. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinococcus_radiodurans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinococcus_radiodurans
- thethethethe 4y agoI don't see what point you are making that contradict my original comment. Yes deserts are less important to the health of the planet than biodiversity hotspots, but why would we destroy them when we have other alternatives?
- pbhjpbhj 4y agoHasn't area of desert increased a lot in recent years. We hear, for example, about increased desertification in Saharan Africa. If we reverse some of that desertification that would seem to help?
- thethethethe 4y agoFrom my other comment: desertification is the destruction of arable land, not the expansion of healthy desert ecosystems. Healthy desert ecosystems are disappearing, not expanding
- pbhjpbhj 4y agoThen they're orthogonal, and siting such projects on land that has become desert in the last century, say, will not harm these "healthy desert ecosystems" you speak of?