Over the last decade, scientists and environmentalists turned against two of the largest sources of renewable energies: biofuels and biomass. Is it now only a matter of time before environmentalists similarly reject other forms of renewable energy, including solar and wind?
to block the building of a solar farm, which would be the largest in America east of the Rocky Mountains, after local residents organized themselves in opposition out of concern over the impact on the environment, property values, and electricity prices.
And biomass and biofuel makers have long claimed their products are high tech, requiring processing in factories to turn wood into pellets, and distill corn into ethanol. But the problem conservationists had with ethanol and biomass was never simply about carbon emissions or air pollution. Indeed,revealing just how terrible biofuels are for the environment was made by a conservation attorney worried about the impact of biofuels expansion on fragile ecosystems.
Even when building solar and wind farms doesn’t require clear-cutting forests they still have massive ecological impacts.And while building solar farms in the desert doesn’t require clear-cutting forests, they still have massive impacts on landscapes.
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