First step to open up Nevada to major solar development is close to approval.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/energy/4-24b-nv-energy-transmission-project-takes-step-forward-3067000/
https://messerlikramer.com/federal-incentives-solar-energy/#:~:text=The%20most%20popular%20federal%20incentive,in%20a%20significant%20cost%20savings.
"The most popular federal incentive for commercial solar power is the Investment Tax Credit (ITC), which provides a tax credit of up to 30% of...
Large scale solar is not cheap. Without the mandates and huge subsidies, it would not happen. Reason it is being pushed in the southwest is because that is where it pencils out the best, and faces the least resistance.
https://images.app.goo.gl/VeNfBviJMnn7Rkqv8
Lot of solar scamming going on in Nevada these days.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-joecks/victor-joecks-greenlink-will-cost-you-a-lot-of-green-3017701/
Looking like made in China junk is going to get more expensive.
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/07/26/alaska-leaders-react-chinese-russian-long-range-bombers-being-intercepted-200-miles-off-coast/
@SAJ-99 was asking about the future of Colstrip somewhere in this mess. Maybe it stays operating?
https://www.tester.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/supporting-colstrip-tester-calls-on-senate-appropriations-committee-to-implement-bipartisan-fix-to-new-power-plant-emissions-rule/
They have a glut of solar panels. They are dumping them on the world market and installing at home the ones they can't sell. Central controlled governments make bad economic desicisons frequently...
The large majority of white bark pine mortality is due to white pine blister rust. Some mortality has also been due to mountain pine beetle. A major mountain pine beetle epidemic did impact all western pine species in the early 2000's. Mountain pine beetle populations are cyclical.
Ponderosa...
Lightning strikes with wind, and a couple brief showers over the last couple days here. Smoke is pouring into the valley tonight. Who knows how many new starts in the Selway are now burning. Fire season is officially here.
Nothing wrong with having state and local officials having their questions and concerns answered when doing these projects. It actually strengthens the project. Every Montana Forest Legacy project I was a committee member on, this was standard practice. Also why many of these projects were...