Lets be honest. This was a dead zone before they put the solar plant there.
someone who knows how to post pictures here
post this picture of an oil derrick among flowers, so the environmental nuts that lurk here can see the difference between what they want (that horrid solar array) and an oil derrick.
http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Sunflowers-Oil-Derrick-Colorado-USA-Posters_i3681626_.htm
Not according to what I've experienced. HA!!!
Of course some deserts are different than others.........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm4BrZjY_Sg