It’s hard to imagine anything more misguided than cutting down a state forest to build a solar panel farm. Yet, that’s exactly what Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is moving ahead with, as it plans to clear 420 acres of state forest near Gaylord, Mich., for solar energy development.
According to MLive, this project comes ”as the DNR faces dwindling revenues from hunting and fishing licenses, and Michigan falls behind building enough renewable energy fast enough to risk not meeting a key state climate goal – 100% clean energy by 2040.”
Apparently, the solution to meeting absurd and arbitrary climate goals is to chop down thousands of trees. As a kid, I remember learning about the devastating consequences of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. Apparently, if you slap some solar panels on the cleared land, it’s suddenly okay. Who knew?
This decision raises serious questions not only about the environmental trade-offs but also about the underlying motivations driving such an absurd policy.
How much more evidence do you need that the green energy industry isn’t actually motivated by environmentalism? Clearing forestland — a vital resource for carbon sequestration and wildlife habitats—to install solar panels is the very definition of counterproductive. Forests play a critical role in offsetting carbon emissions, yet the DNR seems content to sacrifice this natural climate defense for the optics of a “green” project. […]
— Read More: pjmedia.com
