06-27-2019, 04:14 PM
Acer wrote:
They'll probably effectively sterilize the site of life to minimize maintenance unless specific provision is made.
That is really really hard to do. Ecosystems really want life, and in the outdoors keeping life completely out is almost impossible, You can poison, burn, electrify, salt the earth, and so on - something will figure out a way to live there. Unless the operation of the equipment itself continuously sterilizes the landscape, you're gonna have some kind of critters.....
Not to mention - solar farms usually have to estimate their environmental impact before being built (in the U.S., anyway). It's tough to get something approved if it involves a scorched-landscape policy toward life...