Comments on: Ivanpah as the future https://lifeboat.com/blog/2012/08/ivanpah-as-the-future Safeguarding Humanity Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:40:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: GaryChurch https://lifeboat.com/blog/2012/08/ivanpah-as-the-future#comment-138921 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:40:30 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=4571#comment-138921 “That comment from Criswell sounds like… lunacy”

David R. Criswell, Ph.D is currently the Director of the Institute for Space Systems Operations at the University of Houston.
I would say you are the loon. Better stick to arguing with Mad Otto over conspiracy theories; I will delete any more of your comments to my posts.

]]> By: Tom Kerwick https://lifeboat.com/blog/2012/08/ivanpah-as-the-future#comment-138620 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:32:03 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=4571#comment-138620 That comment from Criswell sounds like… lunacy (pardon the pun).

I would agree that a large scale conversion of Earth’s deserts into solar energy plants could solve a lot of energy problems, though shifting sand dunes would be problematic, limiting the type of deserts applicable.

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