{"id":2027,"date":"2011-05-16T11:39:22","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T15:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/using-oil-to-move-an-automobile-down-the-street-not-something-youre-going-to-see-in-20-to-25-years-p.html"},"modified":"2011-05-16T11:39:22","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T15:39:22","slug":"using-oil-to-move-an-automobile-down-the-street-not-something-youre-going-to-see-in-20-to-25-years-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/using-oil-to-move-an-automobile-down-the-street-not-something-youre-going-to-see-in-20-to-25-years-p.html","title":{"rendered":"Using oil to move an automobile down the street &#8230;  not something you&#8217;re going to see in 20 to 25 years. &mdash;Pete Marte"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5724944062\/in\/set-72157626609611619\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3534\/5724944062_5265ac309c_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nPete Marte of Hannah Solar predicted that within a generation cars will run on electricity\ngenerated by solar arrays like the one commissioned last Thursday.\n<p>\nCol. Allan Ricketts introduced Pete Marte, CEO of Hannah Solar.\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N4j6shPphPI\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/N4j6shPphPI\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N4j6shPphPI\">\nPart 1 of 3:<\/a>\n\n<!--more-->\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N4j6shPphPI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nUsing oil to move an automobile down the street &#8230;  not something you&#8217;re going to see in 20 to 25 years. &mdash;Pete Marte Part 1 of 3:\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<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3Y8j3Z4w9BU\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/3Y8j3Z4w9BU\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nPete Marte attributed Governor Nathan Deal signing HB 346 into law with its\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/05\/georgia-clean-energy-tax-credits-yes-they-are-available.html\">\n$15 million of tax credits<\/a>\npartly to\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/05\/its-not-over-until-its-over.html\">\nChairman Sonny Murphy of Sterling Planet<\/a>\ncalling the governor.\nWe already heard from state Sen. Tim Golden that\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/05\/solar-power-at-one-time-was-a-theory-and-now-its-in-practice-sen-tim-golden.html\">\nhe and Sonny Murphy grew up together.<\/a>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3Y8j3Z4w9BU\">\nPart 2 of 3:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Y8j3Z4w9BU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nUsing oil to move an automobile down the street &#8230;  not something you&#8217;re going to see in 20 to 25 years. &mdash;Pete Marte Part 2 of 3:\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<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rSzKzcrFUkI\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/rSzKzcrFUkI\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nWe don&#8217;t have the middle of Pete Marte&#8217;s talk, because I was trying out\nnew cameras; sorry about that.\nAt the end, he remarked:\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5724945022\/in\/set-72157626609611619\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5139\/5724945022_6424830120_t.jpg\"><\/a>\nOver the 30 year lifespan of this array, a Chevy Volt could go\n86 million miles.\n<\/blockquote>\nThis is the part picked up by\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/05\/the-city-says-solar-is-the-future-wctv.html\">\nWCTV<\/a>.\n<p>\nPete Marte concluded:\n<blockquote>\nUsing oil to move an automobile down the street I think is\nI think is not something you&#8217;re going to see in 20 to 25 years.\nIt&#8217;s going to be arrays like this that generate power\nthat we are building today that are going to\nhelp us get to the promised land.\n<\/blockquote>\nIt&#8217;s good to hear someone actually plan ahead!\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rSzKzcrFUkI\">\nPart 3 of 3:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rSzKzcrFUkI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nUsing oil to move an automobile down the street &#8230;  not something you&#8217;re going to see in 20 to 25 years. &mdash;Pete Marte Part 3 of 3:\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>\nLAKE has another video with Pete Marte to be posted soon.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pete Marte of Hannah Solar predicted that within a generation cars will run on electricity generated by solar arrays like the one commissioned last Thursday. Col. Allan Ricketts introduced Pete Marte, CEO of Hannah Solar. 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