Comments on: In First Test, U.S. Military’s SPIDERS Microgrid Uses 90% Renewable Energy

By: Marcacci Communications

Marcacci Communications — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:58:44 +0000

[…] or colleges, but that paradigm is shifting as the US military works to reduce climate risks and improve fuel security while local governments plan for resiliency in the face of climate change-fueled severe […]

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:08:00 +0000

Most of the population disagrees with you. So, the federal government (of, by, and for the people) is actually doing what has been requested.

Why the population is correct:

1- we pay trillions of dollars in the way of medical bills created by polluting energy sources. if we’re not going to price those correctly, we may as well try to even the playing field a little by incentivizing clean energy.

2- federal government investments have helped to bring down the cost of renewables. the cost of solar has been reduced about 45% in the past few years. wind has also seen major price drops. mass production and deployment brings down costs.

3- every energy industry has received massive support from the federal government. why should clean energy industries be any different?

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:05:00 +0000

it’s just the acronym for “Smart Power Infrastructure Demonstration for Energy Reliability and Security”

By: sakusakusakura_nyo

sakusakusakura_nyo — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:14:00 +0000

So this has nothing to do with spiders. The headline makes it sound like the spiders are making renewable energy for us somehow.

By: Steeple

Steeple — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:49:00 +0000

I think most people support the US govt investing in smaller experimental projects such as this, particularly when talking about remote bases that are difficult to resupply. Or places like Hawaii where they still have to burn oil to generate power. What the Feds need to stay out of is the subsidization of large scale production when the economics are poor; no point in upsizing something that doesn’t work in the real world. And it sours any appetite to experiment on a smaller scale like this.