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7/20
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Against my will, I can't help but look across Ivanpah Valley to the Primm Brightsource solar plant under construction

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7221-primm-solar-towers.jpg I don't pass any other vehicles while riding Nipton-Moore Road today, but it clearly does get some useThumbnailsOne of those long freight trains that crosses the Mojave Desert passes me on Nipton-Moore RoadI don't pass any other vehicles while riding Nipton-Moore Road today, but it clearly does get some useThumbnailsOne of those long freight trains that crosses the Mojave Desert passes me on Nipton-Moore RoadI don't pass any other vehicles while riding Nipton-Moore Road today, but it clearly does get some useThumbnailsOne of those long freight trains that crosses the Mojave Desert passes me on Nipton-Moore RoadI don't pass any other vehicles while riding Nipton-Moore Road today, but it clearly does get some useThumbnailsOne of those long freight trains that crosses the Mojave Desert passes me on Nipton-Moore RoadI don't pass any other vehicles while riding Nipton-Moore Road today, but it clearly does get some useThumbnailsOne of those long freight trains that crosses the Mojave Desert passes me on Nipton-Moore RoadI don't pass any other vehicles while riding Nipton-Moore Road today, but it clearly does get some useThumbnailsOne of those long freight trains that crosses the Mojave Desert passes me on Nipton-Moore Road

I just hate to see nice virgin desert landscape plowed down for industrial uses. Solar power is usually great, but this isn't.