Well, given rising energy prices and the impending climate change tipping point, this decision seems a little idiotic:
Faced with a surge in the number of proposed solar power plants, the federal government has placed a moratorium on new solar projects on public land until it studies their environmental impact, which is expected to take about two years. . .
Galvanized by the national demand for clean energy development, solar companies have filed more than 130 proposals with the Bureau of Land Management since 2005. They center on the companies’ desires to lease public land to build solar plants and then sell the energy to utilities.
According to the bureau, the applications, which cover more than one million acres, are for projects that have the potential to power more than 20 million homes.
Holy crap. I used to think the Bushies were idiots, then I thought they were stupid, then I thought they were incompetent, then I thought they were malicious, then I thought they were vengeful.
Now I just think they're evil.