{"id":530,"date":"2012-08-30T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/industrial-authority-has-to-be-congratulated-michael-g-noll.html"},"modified":"2012-08-30T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T13:00:00","slug":"industrial-authority-has-to-be-congratulated-michael-g-noll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/industrial-authority-has-to-be-congratulated-michael-g-noll.html","title":{"rendered":"Industrial Authority has to be congratulated —Michael G. Noll"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nReceived yesterday on\n\nWCTV on biomass site VLCIA v. Sterling Planet<\/a>. -jsq\n<\/p>\n

\n

\nWiregrass Activists for Clean Energy (WACE) have made it clear from\n\n<\/a>\nthe start that biomass plants have a number of issues: 1) biomass\nplants bear significant health risks; 2) biomass plants waste\nenormous amounts of water; 3) biomass plants are risky investments\nin an increasingly competitive energy sector; and 4) biomass plants\ncontribute to global warming.\n<\/p>\n

\nIn the light of rising global temperatures, worsening drought\nconditions, and dropping prices for solar panels, an increasing\nnumber of people are understanding these simple truths.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe Industrial Authority has to be congratulated for the courage to\nadmit that energy from biomass plants is indeed more expensive than\nenergy from solar plants, and we have not even figured in the costs\nassociated with the consequences of air pollution coming from\nbiomass plants.\n<\/p>\n

\n(For more information on biomass plants, here a testimony I recently\ngave:\n\nhttp:\/\/www.bredl.org\/pdf3\/120828_WACE-Comments-Docket_NO-E-100_SUB113.pdf<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n

\nAlthough this point has already been made earlier, note again that\nsolar plants are much better alternatives, economically and\nenvironmentally: they do not pollute our air, they do not need any\nwater, and a huge spill of solar energy is simply called a sunny day\n… of which we have plenty here in the south.\n<\/p>\n

\n-Michael G. Noll\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n

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