Green energy is the latest fad to hit the liberals and other believers in fewer or no coal plants and other non-renewable energy. People like Harry Reid and Dina Titus.
Well, in California, they have built and green energy power plant in the Imperial Valley and the 120 mile transmission line goes from the Imperial Valley to San Diego. http://www.sdge.com/sunrisepowerlink/powerlink_story.html
The problem is the transmission lines and the lines will hinder firefighters while they fight grass and forest fires along the transmission line. "Robeson said the Sunrise Powerlink will make it much harder for firefighting aircraft to attack fires.
"The air tankers and helicopters, quite frankly, can't maneuver that well in and around and drop effectively underneath these power lines," Robeson said." ...But he's still concerned about the fire dangers. He said the aircraft cannot drop retardant on the power lines because it could threaten the life of anyone nearby.
"You may get a long bolt of lightning that comes off when they ground that to the ground," said Robeson.
He added the aircraft would have to wait for the fire to move out from underneath the power lines before they could attack the fire again. In the meantime, the fire could get even bigger.
http://www.firehouse.com/news/top-headlines/former-calfire-chief-says-new-sunrise-powerlink-poses-wildfire-risk
One of the problems with green energy is that you need a lot of space to operate solar panels, windmills and other green energy. You then need to build transmission lines to connect the green energy farms and the city it needs to go to, and in this case, 120 miles. You cannot tell me that San Diego could not have built a power plant closer than 120 miles using coal or natural gas.
But, that is way things are going to be green- screw firefighters and others all in the name of green energy.
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