Build mega solar fields in the desert? Not so fast

By Money Matters Editors

You knew solar energy could not be the no-doubt-about-it superenergy form of the 21st century – at least not at the start.

The solar panel now has a few ‘cracks’ in it, as a result of a new environmental concern about destroyed or impacted vistas – basically sight pollution, but also pollution that physically harms the environment.

U.S Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-California) stated opposition to building in the Mojave Desert has effectively scuttled 13 big solar energy plants and wind projects there, The New York Times reported Tuesday.