{"id":2008,"date":"2011-05-19T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/solar-power-is-the-peoples-power-alden-hathaway.html"},"modified":"2011-05-19T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T15:00:00","slug":"solar-power-is-the-peoples-power-alden-hathaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/solar-power-is-the-peoples-power-alden-hathaway.html","title":{"rendered":"Solar power is the peoples power &mdash;Alden Hathaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G6PU6EFDpV0\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/G6PU6EFDpV0\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nAfter he talked about <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/05\/expanding-wiregrass-solar-alden-hathaway-of-sterling-planet.html\">\nexpanding the Wiregrass Solar plant by another megawatt<\/a>,\nAlden Hathaway of Sterling Planet said this:\n<blockquote>\nSolar power is the peoples power.\n<p>\nWhether you&#8217;re talking about grid tied power here in America tied to the wire,\nor solar in the rural countryside of Uganda,\nit&#8217;s immediately available and accessible in all sizes.\nSo I can use it to power a cell phone, charge a laptop,\nput light in a school, or pump water in a hospital.\nSolar is immediately available to do that, without massive\nwhich is a barrier to development in much of the developing world.\n<\/blockquote>\nAnd to development in south Georgia, for that matter.\nSo we can\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/05\/the-backfire-effect-and-how-to-leapfrog-it.html\">\nleapfrog<\/a> that barrier with solar.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G6PU6EFDpV0\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G6PU6EFDpV0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nSolar power is the peoples power &#8211;Alden Hathaway\n<br>\nCommissioning Ceremony,\n<br>\nWiregrass Solar, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 12 May 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After he talked about expanding the Wiregrass Solar plant by another megawatt, Alden Hathaway of Sterling Planet said this: Solar power is the peoples power. Whether you&#8217;re talking about grid tied power here in America tied to the wire, or solar in the rural countryside of Uganda, it&#8217;s immediately available and accessible in all sizes. 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