{"id":20831,"date":"2013-10-27T20:09:10","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T00:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20831"},"modified":"2013-10-27T20:09:36","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T00:09:36","slug":"whoops-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20831","title":{"rendered":"Whoops!"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday Hot Air<\/a> reported that the auction<\/a> for leases for the development of wind and solar farms in the western United States did not go as planned.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The nation\u2019s first federally run auction for a chance to develop solar power<\/a> projects on public lands<\/a> was a bust.<\/strong><\/p>\n

No bidders showed up for the auction by the federal Bureau of Land Management<\/a>, which was held Thursday in Lakewood.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe did not have any bidders come to the sale and we did not receive any sealed bids on the sale,\u201d BLM spokeswoman Vanessa Lacayo said. \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe BLM had received interest in developing the sites, that\u2019s why we moved forward,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to say why we didn\u2019t have any bidders.\u201d \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe will evaluate today\u2019s auction as we look at future opportunities to offer lands in Solar Energy Zones for development, both in Colorado<\/a> and other Western states<\/a>,\u201d the statement said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maybe there were no bidders because at the present time the technology for both wind and solar has not proven to be economically profitable. The sad part of this is that at the same time the government is holding these auctions with no takers they are blocking oil leases on government land. The oil boom<\/a> in the west is almost entirely on private land–the government is not allowing the leases on government land. So what we have is the government selling leases of questionable value on government land while blocking the leases that might actually help the economy and lower unemployment. In what universe does that make sense?<\/p>\n

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