Renewable energy projects (wind farms, large-scale solar panel installations, etc.) require a lot of land. Environmentalists want clean energy but also want to protect undeveloped land, setting up a false choice. For example, the video above describes a proposed wind farm project for the island of Lanai in Hawaii that plans to use 20,000 acres of natural, undisturbed area.
Bill Corcoran from the Sierra Club says (here) not to worry. It's a choice that we probably won't have to make that often.
BILL CORCORAN: There's plenty of available land that won't disturb the important wildlife and plants that have had conflicts with some existing projects.
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