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Originally Posted by Wowbagger
I don't see why you couldn't install solar panels without adding a synthetic cover. These panels can be quite big and are usually posed at an angle, so that there's plenty of room underneath allowing for plants to grow. Look at this picture for example: http://www.nanosolar.com/images/beck_kif_1339k.jpg . It's a small picture, but you can clearly see that the panels don't take all the room and the cover isn't synthetic, reducing the perturbation caused.
Sometimes an anthropogenic modification of a natural area can be beneficial rather than destructive. This can be the case with solar panels installed in the desert. |
The photo is of a different ecosystem. The desert will take years to recover from a scraping and the amount of vehicles driving over will not allow it to recover to a point where it will recover between impacts. You are really proving my point that the desert is a very fragile ecosystem. Plowing the desert for solar will have a much longer impact than the grass land you posted. You really need a class in desert ecology.
I hope you are willing to sacrifice your favorite park, rain forest or other ecosystem for the greater good of your cause. Anthropogenic modification does not just apply to someone else's home. Would you agree to wind farms all over Yosemite National Park?