{"id":1540,"date":"2011-09-06T12:50:20","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T16:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/georgia-still-in-the-solar-shade.html"},"modified":"2011-09-06T12:50:20","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T16:50:20","slug":"georgia-still-in-the-solar-shade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/georgia-still-in-the-solar-shade.html","title":{"rendered":"Georgia still in the solar shade"},"content":{"rendered":"The 20<small><sup>th<\/sup><\/small> century with its coal and oil and nuclear\nwas more than a decade ago now.\nIt&#8217;s time for Georgia to see the 21<small><sup>st<\/sup><\/small> sunshine.\n<p>\nJerry Grillo wrote for the July 2011 Georgia Trend,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiatrend.com\/cover-story\/07_11_solar.shtml\">\nPartly Sunny In Georgia:\nThe state\u2019s solar industry is growing steadily, but slowly, as the national industry explodes<\/a>\n<blockquote>\n\u201cGeorgia is shackled to the 20th century,\u201d Peterson says.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiatrend.com\/cover-story\/07_11_solar.shtml\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/www.georgiatrend.com\/images\/cover-story\/07_11_solar.jpg\"><\/a>\n\u201cIf all\nI did was look at Georgia, I\u2019d think we were doing well. But I work\nall over the country, and I\u2019m not kidding when I say we&#8217;re dealing\nwith $500-million solar projects that have no chance of coming here\nbecause of systemic problems that keep Georgia from participating in\nthe 21st-century economy, which has renewable energy as a major component.\n<p>\n\u201cIt&#8217;s disgusting, considering our potential, how much opportunity\nis lost, how much capital investment is passed up.\u201d\n<\/blockquote>\nAll it would take to fix this is the political will.\n<p>\nMaybe if the people and elected and appointed officials look at the\nhandwriting on the wall:\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\nIt might be time for Georgia to take note. A recent study by Arizona\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/05\/georgia-3-state-that-could-benefit-most-from-solar-electricity.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/asunews.asu.edu\/files\/imagecache\/story_main_image\/\/files\/images\/photo_Croucher_2002313.jpg\"><\/a>\nState University\u2019s business school ranked us No. 3 in the country for\nsolar development potential. It\u2019s because we have plenty of sunshine\nand a growing stable of solar manufacturers (though there isn\u2019t yet\na significant amount of solar energy actually being deployed here).\n<\/blockquote>\nNorth Carolina\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/05\/georgia-3-state-that-could-benefit-most-from-solar-electricity.html\">\nalready solved this problem.<\/a>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/05\/georgia-3-state-that-could-benefit-most-from-solar-electricity.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5074\/5866439039_02f3fe100d_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nGeorgia could use the same legal policy and economic incentive solutions.\nThat wouldn&#8217;t be like copying <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/06\/new-jersey-is-2-in-solar-power-wheres-georgia-richard-polich-of-kema-solar-summit.html\">New Jersey<\/a>,\nwhich is far ahead.\nNorth Carolina is a neighboring state, and Georgia has more sun than even NC.\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s time for Georgia to leapfrog into the 21<small><sup>st<\/sup><\/small> century.\n<p>\n-jsq\n<p>\nPS: Owed to Michael Noll.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 20th century with its coal and oil and nuclear was more than a decade ago now. 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