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Originally Posted by Robbie
Cool.
Now if we could just do one in the desert in Nevada...oh snap, we can't. The Feds own all the land.  |
The Fed owns plenty of land that is leased by private companies for business purposes. Fed ownership of the vast Nevada desert is not preventing any private company from working out an agreement that would allow them to create a solar farm.
Fact: More than half the federal land leased for energy drilling is unexplored. Energy firms say it wouldn?t be profitable enough.
Who Owns The West? Oil & Gas Leases in America's West
This article points out that using federal land for private use is actually significantly cheaper than if it were private:
Grazing on federal land under threat because of drought - LA Times
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If public land is not available, ranchers could find private property to graze their animals, paying as much as 16 times more than on federal ground.
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