{"id":2372,"date":"2011-02-22T23:35:31","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T04:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/sonny-murphy-talks-at-solar-groundbreaking.html"},"modified":"2011-02-22T23:35:31","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T04:35:31","slug":"sonny-murphy-talks-at-solar-groundbreaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/02\/sonny-murphy-talks-at-solar-groundbreaking.html","title":{"rendered":"Sonny Murphy talks at Solar Groundbreaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=siiJ_BGO8o8\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/siiJ_BGO8o8\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nThe biggest dignitary among the bunch at the\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/02\/hooray-for-solar-no-biomass.html\">\nWiregrass Solar groundbreaking<\/a>\nwas\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=siiJ_BGO8o8\">\nTherrell &#8220;Sonny&#8221; Murphy,<\/a>\nChairman of the Board, Sterling Planet, the parent company\nof Wiregrass Solar LLC.\nNice fellow; I talked to him at length before most people showed up.\nTo his credit, he didn&#8217;t shy away from directly talking about\nthe proposed neighboring biomass plant (Sterling Planet owns\nWiregrass Power LLC, too).\nHe also mentioned geothermal and &#8220;efficiency itself&#8221;,\nwhich shows he has a broader grasp of the potential energy sources\nthan some participants.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/siiJ_BGO8o8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<center>\n<small>\nWiregrass Solar LLC groundbreaking, 21 Feb 2011,<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.<br>\nVideo by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<\/center>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5466572446\/in\/set-72157626106415432\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5175\/5466572446_6b9ab6e08e_t.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5466576126\/in\/set-72157626106415432\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5051\/5466576126_e82a561c54_t.jpg\"><\/a>\nI congratulate Chairman Murpny and Sterling Planet on the solar groundbreaking.\nI offered to introduce him to the biomass protesters.\nHe said he didn&#8217;t want to get into a debate.\nHm, that <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/01\/in-refusing-debate-vlcia-staff-are-following-orders-from-their-board.html\">\nreminds me of something.<\/a>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The biggest dignitary among the bunch at the Wiregrass Solar groundbreaking was Therrell &#8220;Sonny&#8221; Murphy, Chairman of the Board, Sterling Planet, the parent company of Wiregrass Solar LLC. 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