Whitcomb told the newspaper, “We don’t give this land away for free.” The money from the lease may be used to manage natural resources.
I wouldn’t say that’s the only explanation, but it is something we consider. In the end, we must find a way to fund this agency’s operations.
Interestingly, a Harvard study came to the conclusion that removing trees to make way for solar panel projects would actually increase greenhouse gas emissions overall.
A Chinese study came to the same result. According to MLive, there are oil and gas wellheads in other parts of the woods that are still covered in trees. “This is just incredible.
Dan Kish, a senior research researcher at the Institute for Energy Research, told the Daily Caller News Foundation, “Michigan is not like California, it’s not like the sun is always shining there.”
“This is the theatre of the absurd, and the governor’s mandates, along with tax credits and giveaways from the federal and state governments, are the driving forces behind it all.”
