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I was intrigued by the article "Threatened Vistas" in the Winter 2008 issue. The answer to proposed coal-fired power plants in the southwest is obvious: solar energy. The January issue of Scientific American highlights 250,000 square miles of land suitable for the construction of solar power plants in the region. And studies by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, show that enough land is available in the Southwest to avoid using environmentally sensitive areas, population centers, or difficult terrain.

Existing plants prove that concentrated solar power is practical. The Kramer Lunction plant in California's Mojave ...

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