Interior Department considering 1,000 sq. miles of federal land for solar development

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  Posted by jedrik Wed Jul 1, 2009 8:34pm PDT

  This is really great news.

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  Posted by scott440258 Mon Jul 6, 2009 10:36am PDT

  These types of investments are a very good step in the right direction, but we must do our research to make sure that we are investing in the most efficient ideas available, so as to not be supporting lesser, go no-ware ideas. Condensed solar cells combined with Parabolic mirrors seems to be a very good idea for our nations dry hot desert regions. Such projects should also include the potential use of the shade being created by the large mirrors. Some feel that this shade potential could also be beneficial in helping to reduce the thermal levels in the atmosphere, by reducing radiant heat levels. Some feel that ocean water can also be pumped into the desert to be desalinized and used to grow crops under these large mirrors that provide the necessary shading for certain crops that couldn't otherwise be grown there. Such projects could be entirely powered by the sun.

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