most of these are being built in the western half of the state in basically uninhabited desert.
“most of these are being built in the western half of the state in basically uninhabited desert.”
There are quite a few of them on the outskirts of San Antonio. Instead of fields of solar panels, I would prefer something in the form of a pipeline, covered in solar collecting material, with transformers along the route. In the pipeline, you can transport oil, water, whatever.
Now think of this. You do this near an ocean, use the pipeline to move water inland, to plant fields and provide clean water to communities. The desalination facility is run by solar, wind or even some new technology which uses salt water to to electricity.
New global economies will emerge, people will have clean water and from that better sanitary conditions. Famine will fall by the wayside, diseases will be eradicated and the growing of crops will absorb the CO2.
But no.... That’s too logical.