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Pastor Michael Bryant: the benefits to be realized

Leigh Touchton sent me this today.

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John,

This letter is from Pastor Michael Bryant, Webb-Miller Community Church,
Hahira. He would like to publish on the LAKE blog. Dr. Manning’s response
to Brad Lofton is also for publication.

Thank you,

Leigh



Given the complexity of the issue facing us as a community with regard to
the Biomass Project, it is incumbent upon all parties involved to recognize
that while the populations ill-affected will primarily be our children and
elderly, the most vulnerable among us, the real issue is the fact that only
25 job are going to be produced. Likewise, if the facts bear out as
proclaimed by both or either of the parties involved, and I believe if an
error is made, it should be on the side of safety, the benefits to be
realized are not nearly as great as the alternative approach provided by a
solar energy plant.

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Solar Companies Booming in Buffalo



There’s still time to lead the solar parade:

“The solar market is the fastest-growing market worldwide, bar none,” said Ryne P. Raffaelle, director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Center for Photovoltaics in Colorado. “For the last half-dozen years, it’s grown at about a 40 to 45 percent compound annual growth rate per year.”

That growth is expected to accelerate next year, said Raffaelle, who was a Rochester Institute of Technology faculty member for 10 years. But the vast majority of that growth, both in the manufacturing and deployment of systems, is happening outside the United States. Asia has taken a “commanding lead” in manufacturing, and Europe leads in deployment, he said.

“But the rest of the world, they’re still watching the United States. They still see us as the 800-pound gorilla,” Raffaelle said. “It’s like, ‘When are they going to do something?'”

That was from a conference held in the Buffalo area recently.

In Buffalo, New York, they’re not just talking about solar power:

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