U.S. industrial solar development has increased dramatically in recent years, spurred by aggressive governmental regulations, subsidies, and other incentives. As opposed to residential solar installations, which are placed on rooftops and used primarily for property owners’ electricity consumption, industrial solar installations are typically ground-mounted and designed for larger-scale electricity generation. Industrial solar projects, which can be considered synonymous with “utility-scale solar” for the purposes of this paper, sell the electricity they generate directly to utilities to provide power for the electric grid.

Climate alarmists and their allies in government and the private sector herald the use of solar power and other renewable energy sources as critical to prevent or mitigate what they claim is an impending climate catastrophe caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, the expansion of industrial solar capacity creates an analogous increase in significant economic and social costs, many of which are hidden or externalized. Further, industrial solar wreaks havoc upon the environment, destroying the very thing its adherents claim they desire to protect. Even if one accepts the nebulous theory that the planet is nearing an apocalyptic

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