Ecologists question the spread of renewable energy – Watt?

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Robert Bradley Jr.

“Massive solar farms, wind turbines and related infrastructure are touted as solutions to the climate crisis, but their development comes at the expense of virgin forests and critical habitats.”

“It is not possible for them to engage with the preventive accomplices they have caused until they disengage themselves from government funding and corporate influence.” – Carbon8 Fund below

One of the great ironies of our time is the double standards of large environmentalism about wind and solar energy that have many unbearable ecological sources. Dilution, intermittent, so inefficient? Yes. Energy spread requires field service roads and transmission lines? Yes. Threat to land and water wildlife? Yes. And mining issues, even using child labor? Yes.

But in modern life in a free society, the enemy of prosperity is “anti-co2 or bust”. They want a natural state, the Garden of Eden, as if humans are okay. Deep ecology is a religious cult, that is, it is the enemy of global greening in the field of energy.

Will hypocrisy end? Or start to end? Carbon8 Fund released the latest evidence of growing doubts about the “solution” of climate change, “providing funding for Shen Mo: Why conservation charities don’t object to habitat loss,” she wrote:

The Australian government's active push for renewable energy has created a significant moral dilemma for protecting charities. On the one hand, these organizations commissioned the conservation of ecosystems and Bziodoverity. On the other hand, they are increasingly relying on public funds related to government renewable energy programs. result? The silence in the face of environmental destruction is deafening because concerns about habitat loss may endanger its financial stability. It's not protection – its surrender.

Renewable energy projects are a double-edged sword. Large-scale solar farms, wind turbines and related infrastructure are touted as solutions to the climate crisis, but their development comes at the expense of virgin forests and critical habitats. Fragile species like Koala are forced to extinction, but conservation charities, aware of these effects, find themselves in a compromise position: challenge the renewable energy narrative and the risk of losing funds, or keep silent and perpetuate the devastating.

The company's impact further complicates the problem. Renewable energy companies, eager to green their operations, bring huge donations into conservation programs. These partnerships create an elevation of environmental responsibility while keeping the company from criticism. These donation incentives protect organizations turn a blind eye to the damage caused. In the race for renewable advantage, profit-driven alliances reduce Australia’s biodiversity, thus damaging collateral damage.

The erosion of public trust is a particularly distinct betrayal. Australians have contributed to the conservation of charities, believing that their contributions will protect wildlife and ecosystems. Instead, these funds often form partnerships with industries that undermine conservation goals. Government funding and corporate donations have transformed many conservation groups from independent advocates to silent promoters of habitat destruction.

True conservation takes courage – even if it is inconvenient and advocates solutions that coexist with biodiversity, speak out. Before protecting charities from government funding and corporate influence, they have the potential to become complicit in the devastating nature of their cause. Transparency, accountability and commitment to true environmental protection are crucial to restoring trust and ensuring Australia's unique wildlife has a future.

So next time you support Australian protection, be sure to check out your funding solutions. If you are protecting koalas, make sure that the organization’s advocacy and solutions are indeed aligned with biodiversity conservation and are far from the devastating impact of renewable energy projects.

I commented: “Think about this point.

The greenest fuel is the fuel that must be mined per pound, truck, pumped water, pipes and burned materials. [In contrast]extracting comparable energy from the surface will require truly terrible environmental damage…. The greenest strategy is to dig, bury, fly, tunnel, search for high and low life, and in most cases, life is mostly in life, so leave the edge, the space in the middle, life and green.

– Peter Huber, Hard Green: Save the Environment from Environmentalists (New York: Basic Books, 1999), pp. 105, 108.

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Appendix: Other posts by Kelly Jones (Carbon8 Fund)

Kelly Jones raises tricky questions like “Please explain how to destroy our local jungle to build wind, and the solar farm will lower the temperature of the entire planet?” Her point is utopia, seeking perfect energy – but she takes the fantasy of wind and sun as the “environment.”

“Unlimited Power Without Harm: Hidden Energy Techniques to Save Our Planet”

“While solar and wind power are often touted as cornerstones of clean energy, it turns out to be an environmental disaster.”

The Dirty Secret of Clean Energy: How Renewable Energy Destroys Communities and Ecosystems

“While being sold is a solution to climate change, the dark side of renewable energy is rarely discussed. Extraction of critical resources (such as lithium, cobalt and nickel) is a huge harm to the ecosystem and community for batteries, wind turbines and solar panels.”

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