Clean energy won’t be stopped

To the editor:

In response to your Friday editorial, “Solar complex goes dark”: ENN Mojave Energy’s solar project planned for Laughlin might be temporarily interrupted, but I can assure you, huge operational solar or other clean-energy projects are the reality for the future. The massive commitment required to bring clean, inexpensive electrical energy to the United States — and indeed the world — will happen. Nothing can stop an idea whose time has come.

This was a pioneering effort by many people. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Bob Bilbray and many others worked to bring this project to Laughlin, putting their time, effort and reputations on the line to bring it as far as it got. Fossil fuels will fill in for the time being and are necessary. The timeline for such huge and complex projects is 25 years, but it has to start now, as environmental laws will eventually mandate clean-energy systems purely for necessary survival of our species. The degradation of our air, water and land is worsening, and responsible leaders will do what is necessary to clean up our living space.

Although job creation would be a short-term payoff, forward-thinking Nevadans looked at the most important aspect of such projects: the preservation of the planet’s resources for the survival of future generations. Solar, wind, geothermal, biomass and other clean-energy technologies will flourish, and those who have been a part of this pioneering effort are to be applauded. of these students to buy into learning English as well. Only from repetition and usage will mastery come. Someone far smarter than me once told me if you don’t practice it, you won’t learn it. We are relying too much on the English Language Learner training wheels, and it is time to remove them. I think it would be worth a try.