Comments on: 31 States Can be Self-Sufficient with Local Renewable Energy

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:24:00 +0000

What might drive this home is a couple more maps. One of how many states could be self-sufficient with the coal they produce. A similar one for natural gas.

We import and export over state lines constantly. Those few red, orange and yellow states – they’ve got neighbors with tons of renewable power available.

And someone forgot to add tidal/stream. There’s an enormous river of energy flowing just off Florida’s beaches. Massachusetts is adding tidal generators to their grid right now.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:19:00 +0000

I’m pretty sure population is factored in as it’s based on state ‘needs’.

By: Tim Johnson

Tim Johnson — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:19:00 +0000

How would this look based on population? would help highlight the need for distributed energy generation.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 23:14:00 +0000

The people whom the Bush administration pushed to approve the Solyndra loan were exactly the same people who approved the loan once the application was approved.

Unlike what the Bush administration did, the Obama administration put no pressure on the review committee to approve the loan.

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The loan was not given to ” a Obama supporter”. The loan was given to a company whose CEO was a Republican.

The investors in Solyndra include the quite conservative Walton (WalMart) family.

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If you go back and read the articles written about Solyndra you’ll see that the conservative financial press spoke highly of Solyndra’s technology at the time.

This was a project supported by both conservative and liberal sides. It was widely seen as a good idea when the price of solar panels was very high. The price of solar fell extremely quickly, which no one had predicted.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 23:13:00 +0000

Wow, you have apparently got your facts completely mixed up.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 04:55:00 +0000

Do you not understand that we spend far, far, far more taxpayer money supporting fossil fuels and cleaning up the mess they leave?

Do you think it’s good business to pour taxpayer money into the pockets of extremely profitable oil companies?

By: Ethicalattitudes

Ethicalattitudes — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:01:00 +0000

Instead we will subsidize the clean energy companies the Obama (Democrats) administration has subsidized. May as well just pile the cash in big piles and light it on fire. No wait, a percentage of that was supposed to go back to the Obama reelection campaign wasn’t it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:01:00 +0000

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By: Jonshriegl

Jonshriegl — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:38:00 +0000

Until the government (mainly republicans) stop subsidizing dirty energy none of this will happen. The free market and investors would have done this long ago but taxpayers are forced to prop up coal and petrol based energy.

By: Carlolyn

Carlolyn — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:24:00 +0000

Since they used % of electricity as the measure I would guess the 98% says more about how much energy AZ is wasting on cooling than it does about available sunshine. New Mexico is much less developed with a much smaller population. Arizona may have too many people for it’s resources – both water and energy.

By: George Meade

George Meade — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:37:00 +0000

We now have a start up company . I just got on board with. 10,000 sq. ft. They have been in this for 5 years . I’m centering on solar in Indiana. I have built my own and showed the product to them.In Indiana there is almost no incentives but the out come of solar is great. I know we can win if we don’t give up. Its all up and up on the law. They own the building. We have to get the web page up.Many ways to go but I know it will catch on.

By: Anumakonda Jagadeesh

Anumakonda Jagadeesh — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:58:00 +0000

Excellent information on scope for Renewable Energy in different states.

Dr.A.Jagadeesh Nellore(AP),India
Wind Energy Expert
E-mail: anumakonda.jagadeesh@gmail.com

By: John

John — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:31:00 +0000

Arizona doesn’t have enough sun for it’s needs but neighboring New Mexico has enough renewable potential for 7500% of its needs? How did they come up with these numbers?