Bet if the power was coming from a coal fired plant they'd be completely cool with it.

would take to transmit it. The lines would run through ecologically sensitive terrain (karst geology, rare and endangered plants and animals) and would destroy the entire tourist and agriculture industries in that area.

I live in NW Arkansas and we denied a power line like that here for the same reasons. These are the oldest mountains on the planet and have a special and unique place in the web of life on earth.

Thanks for the info!

Hard to believe but true.

Because on our present course, it won't matter if we want to preserve those ecological treasures. The climate will irrevocably change them for us.

we have to destroy the village to save the village.

You know, something different. A different route, or something like that. We have to build the infrastruture necessary to support green energy.

small stations with local power. Long transmission lines are ancient technology and are subject to terrorism.

What power source are you suggesting?

hydro power and used at the source rather than transported 1000s of miles across the US. That is the ancient technology.

here are a couple of sites
http://www.bloomenergy.com/fuel-cell/distributed-generation/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_generation

for us to have the energy we need, but not to destroy what is left of the planet.

Rather than just get a rubber stamp from the state. I don't think it's DOA just yet.

Once they get across the Mississippi, they can then feed the eastern US power grid. The power will then filter out thru utility company interconnects.