In the context of California, land that is not suitable for agriculture because it can't be irrigated, even though it's flat and somewhat accessible by road. California has plenty of it, go drive around near Twenty Nine Palms and you'll see it...

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snowwrestler 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Ok, now ask yourself why that area hasn’t been covered with solar panels yet…

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asdff a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Now measure the wind at twenty nine palms

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pixl97 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

And the moment you start building large structures on it everyone and their dog is going to show up and NIMBY it.

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asdff a day ago | parent [-]

Spoken like someone who has never been to the mojave. This is the home to the largest wind turbine installation in the country. But again, if the worry is the solar panels acting like sails, probably not a great site given that wind.

	▲	JuniperMesos a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		And nonetheless, people show up and NIMBY projects in the Mojave desert! https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-09-06/califor...
	▲	PaulDavisThe1st 10 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Sorry, the largest wind power installation in the western hemisphere, not just the US, is SunZia in New Mexico (5.3MW).