tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311929704697522769.post9035804732681316561..comments2024-03-28T00:15:16.769-07:00Comments on Mojave Desert Blog: Desert Lands Policy: Uncertainty Sends Stakeholders ScramblingShaun G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17039896758011526968noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311929704697522769.post-10345653320866998362012-08-06T11:01:53.069-07:002012-08-06T11:01:53.069-07:00A fascinating post which outlines the choices and ...A fascinating post which outlines the choices and the possible consequences of their choices to the policy makers. This article should be bookmarked and read through several times to get all the nuances.<br /><br />My main concern, and like you I have sat through one of the DRECP hearings, is that the public will ignore, to their peril,the sausage making process, as they have all along, and the renewables crowd will drive an earth mover through the tiniest of loopholes.<br /><br />My position is, bottom line, I do not trust either mainstream enviros, or the government agencies involved, to do the right thing. I am not referring here to what's right to save the Mojave, but for these folks to act as honest brokers in a process rife with documented abuse of the environmental and other laws, and with abuse of honest citizens trying to have their say in this process- does anyone remember the "so called" comment hearing held out at Primm?<br /><br />So far, it has been a sham, plain and simple. <br /><br />I semi trust the scientists putting this report together, but the whole corrupt process it is about to go through after the details are hammered out, is my concern.<br /><br />It just seems that all along from the very beginning, that the powers that be decided that the deserts were to be sacrificed and the rest of us better learn to live with it. Some of us protested loudly and longly in our own way, but the bottom line so far as been just that, the financial bottom line to Wall Street, as it is with everything else in this world nowadays.<br /><br />What is good for Wall Street's bottom line is good for the rest of us, and after all, don't forget our Governor Brown's vow to crush resistance to these desert renewable energy projects.<br /><br />I take him at his word, considering all the power of Wall Street and the federal governmental agencies supporting these projects<br />behind him, I would be a fool to not do so.<br /><br />So I guess I will take a wait and see approach for now, unless someone comes up with a better plan, as I don't foresee hundreds of thousands of people marching on Sacramento or Washington demanding the saving of the deserts, that's for sure.<br /><br />Thank you for this excellent article and for the soapbox.Morongobillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04423986732712894214noreply@blogger.com