tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post3285066731973373788..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: The Political Ecology of Land Subsidence: A Solar Energy FarmMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-81937388093000730002017-01-13T14:14:51.293+08:002017-01-13T14:14:51.293+08:00"First of all, the once state-owned utility c...<i> "First of all, the once state-owned utility company neglected to provide the necessary pipe infrastructure for Pingtung..."</i><br /><br />I rather suspect there are understandable reasons for that, for instance the absence of reservoirs to supply piped water. And that might have something to do with local farmers being opposed to their construction.Mike Faganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745281285031316740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-44168046783281221582017-01-12T16:15:44.125+08:002017-01-12T16:15:44.125+08:00Hello Michael,
Thanks for the link and comments a...Hello Michael,<br /><br />Thanks for the link and comments about the Pingtung land subsidence and the plans for pond-based solar farms. It's especially timely considering yesterday's passage of Electricity Law amendments which may (or not) address the incumbent Taipower bottlenecks and enable meaningful solar generation and other alternative energy generation rollout in Taiwan. <br /><br />But in your comments and excerpts I didn't see conclusions about whether the solar solution in Pingtung is viewed as a good idea or not. I appreciated the commentary about the political ecology and screw-ups of over-using the water table which set the stage for subsidence ... but given that backdrop, isn't the solar farm idea a good thing, or at least part of a viable solution? <br /><br />(Clearly there are also other problems linking to subsidence that also need to be solved - from the excerpts it seems like this part is more or a water utility problem and legal enforcement vs. illegal overuse by everything from fish ponds to schools to industry I guess.)<br /><br />What do you think? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com