tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310158610197025977.post8725116229940664329..comments2023-04-13T07:18:14.262-07:00Comments on Courierwatch: Editorial: Those nasty solar panels againSteven Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15663818104866997062noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310158610197025977.post-72215917462541372752011-06-05T22:19:29.832-07:002011-06-05T22:19:29.832-07:00Agree Steven. I have been doing some environmental...Agree Steven. I have been doing some environmental work lately, and some of it involved open pit mining in developing countries. I'm not saying it is wrong or right, but the general way a mine gets developed without local opposition is that they hire someone from every family in the area. It ends up that there are a lot of people who get a paycheck for standing around, but it creates goodwill. Even a tiny bit of goodwill, like coupons or something would change the climate.<br />That said, I now live on the East Coast, and there isn't a lot of places to site new cell phone towers, so cell phone companies developed a mini antenna that is retrofit onto telephone poles, that is some sort of box shaped thing.<br />People flipped because they were an eyesore and ruined their views. Umm, I would point out that the actual telephone poles, lines, etc. are an eyesore, yet these people never complained until now!birther t. bagurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310158610197025977.post-88213855204538619772011-05-28T15:22:27.132-07:002011-05-28T15:22:27.132-07:00I see a lot of missed opportunity in this. By hand...I see a lot of missed opportunity in this. By handling the project in the traditional manner, APS has pissed off the neighbors. Had APS gone to the neighbors and offered them a little piece of the action, I imagine we'd be seeing a quite different result. Winning stakeholder buy-in is basic to any business deal, but I think we have to start widening our definition of "stakeholder."Steven Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15663818104866997062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310158610197025977.post-32194736977520708182011-05-28T15:15:08.291-07:002011-05-28T15:15:08.291-07:00Not long ago the county board of supervisors nixed...Not long ago the county board of supervisors nixed a plan to just look at the area to evaluate the potential wind resources. Again a couple of "neighbors" complained about the "eye sore" it would create. The plan to just test was shut down before it could even start. The NIMBY attitude on this issue leaves me shaking my head particularly as the wind is now currently clearing my yard of those weeds that everybody also concerns themselves with. Typical of the American attitude of "I want - I want" but I want someone else to pay for my wants.Zig E.noreply@blogger.com