Arizona Republic: For three years, environmentalists in California fought a battle some might find curious: They opposed a proposal to link San Diego with power to be generated by a huge solar-power plant planned for the middle of the Mohave Desert. Actually, that’s a bit of an oversimplification. They fought against the route of the power lines that would extend 150 miles from the enormous plant, projected to account for up to half the electricity used by San Diego consumers. The transmission …