Ormat reported to cease Gerlach project

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Ormat reported to cease Gerlach project

Post by some seeing eye » Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:23 am

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Re: Ormat reported to cease Gerlach project

Post by Elorrum » Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:22 pm

Poor Ormat, spending all their own money to ruin people’s homes. If their “exploratory” phase was less impactful, not such a large installation impacting the town, without the resident’s consent, maybe they could have proceeded slower in steps with community agreement? The state board they got approval from initially was manned by their own former employees and industry consultants. Didn’t it bypass all environmental impact study as well?
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Re: Ormat reported to cease Gerlach project

Post by Molotov » Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:56 am

Elorrum wrote:
Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:22 pm
The state board they got approval from initially was manned by their own former employees and industry consultants.
Sounds like a great example of "Capture Theory." Link here: Regulatory Capture Definition With Examples

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