{"id":1487,"date":"2011-09-20T11:36:59","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T15:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/solar-lowndes-county-commission.html"},"modified":"2011-09-20T11:36:59","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T15:36:59","slug":"solar-lowndes-county-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/solar-lowndes-county-commission.html","title":{"rendered":"Solar Lowndes County Commission?"},"content":{"rendered":"While <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/09\/solar-works-for-georgia-gsea.html\">GSEA is promoting statewide solar businesses and lobbying the state government to do what other states have done to promote solar,<\/a>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/09\/solar-for-georgia-bill-branham-lcc-12-september-2011.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/e1xunOAS3M8\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nlocal governments and businesses don&#8217;t have to wait\non the state.\nFor example, the\n<a href=\"\/blog\/category\/lcc-solar\">\nLowndes County Commission has opened a discussion about solar energy<\/a>\nin response to a presentation by Bill Branham.\nNow that they&#8217;ve learned\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/09\/solar-is-cost-effective-dr-noll-lcc-13-september-2011.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/_rA_-mpwEmo\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nthat\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/09\/solar-is-cost-effective-dr-noll-lcc-13-september-2011.html\">\nsolar is cost-effective<\/a> in the same way buying a car is,\n<li>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/09\/flattery-john-s-quarterman-lcc-13-september-2011.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/t1b_1qhlMsE\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nthat\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/09\/flattery-john-s-quarterman-lcc-13-september-2011.html\">\nthere are two fast-growing solar manufacturers in Georgia<\/a>\n(<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/12\/suniva-went-to-solar-valley-michigan-which-has-a-plan.html\">\nSuniva of Norcross<\/a>\nand\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/05\/mage-solar-forging-ahead-in-south-georgia.html\">\nMAGE SOLAR of Dublin<\/a>),\nwith associated potential <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/04\/opportunities-from-solar-power-jerome-tucker-and-mage-solar-at-lhs-29-march-2011.html\">jobs right here in south Georgia,<\/a>\nand\n<li>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/09\/the-extraordinary-negative-side-of-coal-mining-jane-osborn-lcc-13-september-2011.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/icjOFmB36YY\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nabout\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/09\/the-extraordinary-negative-side-of-coal-mining-jane-osborn-lcc-13-september-2011.html\">\nthe extraordinary negative side of coal mining<\/a>,\n<\/ul>\nthe Lowndes County Commission could lead by making one of their famous\nposition statements, this time in favor of solar,\nor by putting solar on the roofs of their buildings (solar on the jail! imagine that),\nbringing in money to do so by\nor by applying for grants,\nor by making a project big enough to apply for private venture capital\nfrom the at least two firms that are looking for such projects.\n<p>\nIf the LCC won&#8217;t do it, how about solar Valdosta fire departments,\nor solar Hahira tobacco barns?\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While GSEA is promoting statewide solar businesses and lobbying the state government to do what other states have done to promote solar, local governments and businesses don&#8217;t have to wait on the state. 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