US government unveils massive solar farm, bigger than countries. Someone just emailed me telling me that everything I talk about on the channel, nearly everything, is pretty pointless because Donald Trump is going to win the next election. It’s certain, it’s guaranteed. The Trumps are back in.
By Laura King
So, the fact that the US government just opened 22 million Acres – I mean, that’s bigger than a lot of countries, that’s bigger than probably half of the world’s countries – 22 million Acres of federal lands to Mass Solar Farms, going to be some of the biggest solar farms on the face of the planet.
But you know what’s the point of me telling you this if Donald Trump’s going to come in and just scrap the project anyway. Now, as you can tell, I don’t think that’s very likely to happen but that’s just my opinion.
Sam Evans is sharing his views on the proposed Mass Solar Farms.
Just letting you in here on some news. I have no idea if Donald Trump will win the election. My guess would be that’s not particularly likely, but I’ve got no idea. Now, do I think Donald Trump will scrap the US government’s partitioning of 22 million Acres of federal lands to solar? Maybe, maybe not.
I don’t know, who knows? But either way, in my opinion, this is a brilliant decision, such a good use of this land, which is, to be honest, doing nothing realistically. The Biden Administration has updated the road map for Solar Development to 22 million Acres of federal lands in the West.
I mean, this is just in the US West. The Bureau of Land Management and the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory noted that 700,000 Acres of land are required to set up these solar Farms in the next 20 years.
So, they recommended 22 million acres to give maximum flexibility to help the US reach its Net Zero goal by 2035, which is really good to see. I think this is going to happen. I think Tony SA is right. The US will achieve these goals. I think the US will probably achieve them even earlier than 2035.
The plan is an update of the Bureau of Land Management’s 2012 Western solar plan, which has drastically changed. The updated road map refines the analysis in the original six states and expands to five more states, including Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming, which also includes Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. It focuses on lands within 10 miles of existing or planned transmission lines and moves away from lands with sensitive resources.
Here’s what the government said: “The proposal identifies 200,000 acres of land near transmission infrastructure, helping to correct an important oversight and streamline Solar Development.”
Now, these 200,000 acres of land near transmission infrastructure make sense. You’ve already got the transmission lines there in place, put the solar panels there. You don’t have to put in new transmission lines. This is very logical.
Under the current policy, there are at least 80 million Acres of federal lands open to oil and gas development, which is 100 times the amount of public land available for solar. The strategy of the government is a big step in the right direction and recognizes the key role solar plays in our economy. But it does mean 80 million Acres of federal lands are open to oil and gas development.
This is 22 million for solar. Now, why don’t we reverse these numbers? I mean, I don’t think it makes sense, more than 80 million Acres of federal lands are designated for oil and gas. Swap it around, make it 22 million for oil and gas. Yeah, we do need oil and gas.
They needed for Plastics, they needed for manufacturing, they needed for tires, things like that. We still need it. But how about flip the script, make it 80 million Acres of solar, 22 million for oil and gas? That’s what I think they should do. But hey, what would I know? I’m just some YouTuber. Guys, let me know what you think in the comments.
