Originally Posted by
init4fun
I'll bet by now the place would look pretty darned good indeed had the effort not failed . Course , if we halt all building cause some bug or critter already lives there that rules out a lot of places , and more than just model airplane fields at that . So it sounds like this site would have come to be if not for unsuitability of the land that was being considered ? That means that if the EC had a plan to make it work there , it could work elsewhere as long as some endangered spotted woodpecker don't already live there ?
Environmental and endangered or threatened species at a site are pretty much show stoppers. Not always to be sure, but more likely than not. Especially in
"The People's Republic of California."