Category Archives: Military

Remember the troops by enlisting solar power to prevent wars

This Memorial Day let’s honor those who have served and those who have fallen
by getting on with removing one of the major causes of war:
fossil fuels.


The U.S. military is putting its money where its mouth is in buying
solar power.
Especially now that

HB 57 is law and enables solar financing,
the rest of us can do the same.
And that will prevent casualties and prevent wars.

WTOC Staff, 15 May 2015,

Ft. Stewart breaks ground on renewable energy solar project,

There will be nearly 140,000 solar panels covering about 200 acres.
Georgia Power owns and operates the solar panels, and all of the
energy generated will go to Georgia Power to be equally distributed
to people across the region who use Georgia Power, including
MidCoast Regional Airport, Fort Stewart, and any other residential
customers.

“Let me put a little bit into perspective; so the Army is the
largest utility consumer in the United States, we buy more utility
services than anyone else, even WalMart,” Deputy Assistant Secretary
of the Army Richard Kidd said.

Why is the U.S. military doing this? Continue reading →

Doublewide, Commercial, Professional, Residential, Landscape, Stormwater, Suburban, Agriculture, Schools, and Moody @ GLPC 2015-05-26


300x216 4872 Tillman Crossing Road, in Orchard at Stone Creek, by John S. Quarterman, 26 May 2015
The busiest Planning Commission agenda I can recall,
is scheduled at exactly the same time as the Lowndes County Commission Regular Session because of the Memorial Day holiday.
The biggest item is

REZ-2015-11 The Orchard at Stone Creek,
yet another subdivision on Old US 41 N,
this one due west of Nelson Hill on Val Del.


600x374 Due west of Nelson Hill, in Orchard at Stone Creek, by John S. Quarterman, 26 May 2015

Greater Lowndes Planning Commission

Lowndes County City of Valdosta City of Dasher City of Hahira City of Lake Park


REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

AGENDA


Lowndes County South Health District Administrative Office

325 West Savannah Avenue


Tuesday, May 26, 2015 * 5:30 P.M. * Public Hearing

Continue reading →

Groundbreaking for solar at Fort Benning



First of

three 30 MW military solar projects in Georgia,
the other two ag

Fort Gordon near Augusta and Fort Stewart near Savannah,
plus
a fourth one at Kings Bay Submarine Base.
The U.S. military has long recognized
fossil fuels are vulnerable supply chains that risk national security,
and U.S. DoD is doing something about it.

Brennan Reh, wrbl.com, 17 April 2105,

Ft. Benning solar power project groundbreaking

Fort Benning held a groundbreaking ceremony for the U.S. Army’s
renewable energy solar project. Georgia Power is building solar
panels that will cover 200 acres on the post.

The solar project on Fort Benning will be the army’s largest power
project in Georgia.

The panels will generate Continue reading →

Sabal Trail contractor yard at end of Valdosta Airport runway


300x388 Lowndes County, GA, next to Valdosta Airport, in Sabal Trail Contractor Yards aerial maps, by John S. Quarterman, for SpectraBusters.org, 20 February 2015
The same company that sued Lowndes County in 2007 to try to put a
tall building above the 30-foot height limit in Valdosta’s Runway Protection Zone
now appears to want to put a contractor yard for Sabal Trail’s fracked methane
pipeline in the same location.
Will this involve any tall cranes?
What about Moody’s flights off of that runway at Valdosta Airport?
And what about those aquifer recharge zones?

Among the contractor yard maps

Sabal Trail filed with FERC 20 February 2015,
there’s this one: Continue reading →

State of District 4 Address –Demarcus Marshall @ Town Hall Meeting 2014-12-15



Text published by Demarcus Marshall (PDF)
and LAKE video of his address at the
Town Hall Meeting 15 December 2014. -jsq

For those unaware, Super District 4 was a newly created district in
Lowndes County two years ago. I assumed this office without a
predecessor to this district seat. It was my understanding of this
district to compliment the other districts by adding more
responsiveness and accountability for the citizens of Lowndes
County.

Upon being elected and occupying the seat, I inherited a wonderful
staff; however, the county faced several challenges. The economy was Continue reading →

More military enlistments from Southwest Georgia


300x208 Military Enlistments, in Military Georgia, by John S. Quarterman, 30 December 2014
Yet another reason Atlanta doesn’t understand south Georgia:
military enlistment is 1 in 100 people in south Georgia from
Columbus to Valdosta, and less than a third of that in the Atlanta Metro area.
Enlistment is probably related to two other major features
of south Georgia that Atlanta doesn’t understand:
it’s agricultural (traditionally a bastion of military supporters),
and it’s poor (and enlisting is one way to a career).
A certain pipeline company may not have taken this factor
into account, either. Continue reading →

Solar project underway at Robins Air Force Base

WCTV via AP 5 October 2014,

Solar project underway at Robbins Air Force Base,

The Telegraph reports that land has been cleared on a 57-acre tract
near Georgia Highway 247 to make room for solar panels.

Wayne Crenshaw wrote for the Telegraph 3 October 2014,
and spelled
Robins Air Force Base correctly,

Solar array project changes landscape south of Robins,



Previously the 57-acre tract next to Ga. 247 just south of the
Museum of Aviation was forestland, but those trees have been cut
down over the past month to make way for the solar array….

But what would probably catch people’s eye the most is Continue reading →

10 MW solar power at Robins Air Force Base



Somebody got a jump on Georgia Power for Air Force base solar installation.

Wayne Crenshaw wrote for The Telegraph 23 July 2014,

Air Force signs deal for solar array at Robins,

The Air Force has inked a deal with a company that plans to build a
50-acre solar array at Robins Air Force Base.

New Generation Power has signed Continue reading →

Fourth solar military project by Georgia Power: Kings Bay Submarine Base


Like the three Army bases before it, solar power from the Navy Base at Kings Bay
will go into Georgia Power’s grid.
How about Air Force bases next, such as Moody AFB?
And how about start building 30 MW solar farms throughout the state?

Curiously, there’s no press release by either Georgia Power or the Navy
about this project.

Dave Williams wrote for the Atlanta Business Journal 14 August 2014,

Georgia Power to build solar project at naval base,

The U.S. Navy is working with Georgia Power Co. to build a solar
energy project at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base near St. Marys, a
Georgia Power executive announced Thursday.

Continue reading →

Lowndes County Sheriff Deputy enforces First Amendment



Lowndes County, an oasis of constitutional rights.
Yes, really.
Here’s video evidence.
This kind of good news could do more to attract businesses here
than many things the local powers that be are doing.

Carlos Miller wrote for Photography is Not a Crime 25 June 2014,

Georgia Deputy Surprises us all by Respecting Constitution,

It started off with a federal protective service officer pulling up
to Jeff Gray in a patrol car for taking pictures from a public
sidewalk outside the Moody Air Force Base in Georgia Monday.

Gray told the officer that he was photographing the railroad. But
the cop had his doubts and accused him of photographing the entrance
to the base — as if it would make any difference within the
scopes of the law — and decided to call the local sheriff for
backup.

When Gray tried to walk away, the cop informed he was being
detained.

When Gray asked for his name and badge number, the cop informed Gray Continue reading →