Jerry, read more. Please don't assume that Texas is the norm. It is regarded as well behind the curve.
Vermont produces more electricity than we use and exports the excess. Because much of what we currently produce is solar, and because we are part of a regional grid, at night we get largely hydroelectric power from the regional grid. …
Jerry, read more. Please don't assume that Texas is the norm. It is regarded as well behind the curve.
Vermont produces more electricity than we use and exports the excess. Because much of what we currently produce is solar, and because we are part of a regional grid, at night we get largely hydroelectric power from the regional grid. Not all of it is hydro, though, so we end up unfortunately using electricity still produced by gas. One of the solutions: my electrical utility is actively working to build up a network of batteries located in homes and businesses to absorb that daytime excess for nighttime use. Various organizations join together to create publicly owned non-profit energy production. This is a just one example. I grew up in the Pac NW and both WA & OR have made huge strides to both reduce use of electricity and are well-along in changing to wind and solar power. Almost every week we hear more of these stories.
The people with power in some states are not so willing to make those moves. But at this point, I think there are some projects programs in place in every states, and many have regional compacts. A great many small projects are done at the community level, in every state.
It's just that we lost a lot of time through the willful ignorance and greed of people who held power. As others have pointed out, every region in the country had offices dedicated to research and development of reducing dependence on oil and other non-sustainable energy sources. We were on our way to sane environmental practices. I should add that this as also the era in which social goods were also being focused on. Reagan dismantled it all within 3 months of taking office. But our situation would be much worse if many states had not kept going, and if NGOs and individuals hadn't kept working on those issues. Because of them, we still have a chance.
It's clear you care. But it is also clear you are not aware of what has been going on for decades in states other than Texas. There are entire publications devoted to that kind of information. There are books. There are organizations (350.org comes to mind, but that is only one) who are actively working to inform, educate, organize, lobby, create.
We need you. TEXAS needs you. You have an opportunity to become a nexus of folks who want to work on things like this.
Jerry, read more. Please don't assume that Texas is the norm. It is regarded as well behind the curve.
Vermont produces more electricity than we use and exports the excess. Because much of what we currently produce is solar, and because we are part of a regional grid, at night we get largely hydroelectric power from the regional grid. Not all of it is hydro, though, so we end up unfortunately using electricity still produced by gas. One of the solutions: my electrical utility is actively working to build up a network of batteries located in homes and businesses to absorb that daytime excess for nighttime use. Various organizations join together to create publicly owned non-profit energy production. This is a just one example. I grew up in the Pac NW and both WA & OR have made huge strides to both reduce use of electricity and are well-along in changing to wind and solar power. Almost every week we hear more of these stories.
The people with power in some states are not so willing to make those moves. But at this point, I think there are some projects programs in place in every states, and many have regional compacts. A great many small projects are done at the community level, in every state.
It's just that we lost a lot of time through the willful ignorance and greed of people who held power. As others have pointed out, every region in the country had offices dedicated to research and development of reducing dependence on oil and other non-sustainable energy sources. We were on our way to sane environmental practices. I should add that this as also the era in which social goods were also being focused on. Reagan dismantled it all within 3 months of taking office. But our situation would be much worse if many states had not kept going, and if NGOs and individuals hadn't kept working on those issues. Because of them, we still have a chance.
It's clear you care. But it is also clear you are not aware of what has been going on for decades in states other than Texas. There are entire publications devoted to that kind of information. There are books. There are organizations (350.org comes to mind, but that is only one) who are actively working to inform, educate, organize, lobby, create.
We need you. TEXAS needs you. You have an opportunity to become a nexus of folks who want to work on things like this.
Thank you. I will read more.