{"id":2038,"date":"2011-05-12T21:01:56","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T01:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/its-not-over-until-its-over.html"},"modified":"2011-05-12T21:01:56","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T01:01:56","slug":"its-not-over-until-its-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/05\/its-not-over-until-its-over.html","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s not over until it&#8217;s over &mdash;Chairman Sonny Murphy of Sterling Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5713829875\/in\/set-72157626583227237\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3321\/5713829875_b1ce010991_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nAs one of many speakers at the Wiregrass Solar commissioning this morning,\nSonny Murphy said many good things about solar, and then, almost alone\namong the speakers, he volunteered some remarks about the biomass plant,\nin which he made it pretty clear he intends to go ahead with it.\n<p>\nAbout solar, he praised Hannah Solar for perseverance:\n\n<!--more-->\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5714391936\/in\/set-72157626583227237\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3465\/5714391936_d72e62b31c_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n&#8220;they don&#8217;t quit; they keep coming back&#8221;.\n<p>\nHe praised Alden Hathaway of Sterling Planet as a solar advocate around the world,\nfor powering communications, for example via cell phones.\nHe said technology has changed the world, and is again.\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5714393304\/in\/set-72157626583227237\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2016\/5714393304_6e93f44093_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nThen he said he hoped to come back to another commissioning of\nanother project next door: the biomass plant.\nHe referred to it as &#8220;another one of the baseload renewables&#8221;.\nHe also claimed the biomass plant:\n<ul>\n<li>\nEliminates wastewater from going back into the stream.\n<li>\nDisposes of biosolids.\n<li>\nAddresses the frontier of clean water.\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5714394118\/in\/set-72157626583227237\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3325\/5714394118_c5dd735464_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nHe quoted Yogi Berra:\n<blockquote>\nIt&#8217;s not over until it&#8217;s over.\n<\/blockquote>\nSomebody previously took me to task for calling Chairman Murphy stubborn.\nWhat do you think now?\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t__tN0jg7_8\">\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\/t__tN0jg7_8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nIt&#8217;s not over until it&#8217;s over &mdash;Chairman Sonny Murphy of Sterling Planet\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":"As one of many speakers at the Wiregrass Solar commissioning this morning, Sonny Murphy said many good things about solar, and then, almost alone among the speakers, he volunteered some remarks about the biomass plant, in which he made it pretty clear he intends to go ahead with it. 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