Biomass protesters @ VCC 7 April 2011
You’ve
seen them before
and here they are again:
biomass protesters, this time outside Valdosta City Hall, 7 April 2011.
Tag Archives: Michael Noll
Waste not, want not –Dr. Noll
Dr. Michael Noll advocated conservation and efficiency in the long-running
Greening of America email discussion, responding to
two messages by Valdosta City Council member James R. Wright.
Dr. Noll cites our earliest American blogger. -jsq
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:55:16 -0400Continue readingDear Councilman Wright.
Valid points and a great question to ponder. You may recall my quote from Benjamin Franklin: “Waste not, want not”.
Add to that a quote from the Sierra Club: “Energy use should be minimized through conservation and efficiency. In the near future, efficiency is the only “energy source” which does not incur some environmental damage and which is available immediately in generous supply. Sophisticated building construction, efficient appliances, recycling, modernized industrial processes, programmable thermostats, public transit supplemented by fuel-efficient cars, and many other innovative technologies can reduce energy use tremendously, while saving money.”
In other words, we are wasting enormous amounts of energy and money
What Are Our Priorities? –Dr. Noll @ LCC 22 March 2011
Dr. Noll raised a number of issues about community priorities
at the Lowndes County Commission meeting of 22 March 2011
and asked what are our priorities?
The Sierra Club letter he mentions was posted last week. For NOAA Weather Radios see previous posts. Here is the video:
Video by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
Protesters at VLCIA, 15 March 2011
The first thing I saw when I drove up to the Industrial Authority building:
protesters outside.
They don’t seem to like some biomass plant.
regular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA)
Norman Bennett, Roy Copeland, Tom Call, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett chairman,
J. Stephen Gupton attorney, Brad Lofton Executive Director, Allan Ricketts Program Manager,
15 March 2011.
Videos by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
Let’s ask these two what this is about.
Dr. Michael Noll,
President of Wiregrass Activists for Clean Energy (WACE)
said:
“We’re here to protest against biomass. We wish Brad Lofton well in his new job, but we want biomass to go as well.”
regular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA)
Norman Bennett, Roy Copeland, Tom Call, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett chairman,
J. Stephen Gupton attorney, Brad Lofton Executive Director, Allan Ricketts Program Manager,
15 March 2011.
Videos by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
I asked Leigh Touchton, President of Valdosta-Lowndes NAACP about a letter she forwarded to LAKE, and she said: Continue reading
“We welcome solar power to the City of Valdosta and Lowndes County”
After all the
protesters, police, and press,
representatives of
VLCIA,
Sterling Planet,
Hannah Solar,
Georgia Power,
and the
City of Valdosta
did finally break ground for
the Wiregrass Solar power plant.
I asked Col. Ricketts for a shovel, but he just snorted.
Here’s the
groundbreaking video:
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.
Video by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
Biomass no, solar yes –Kathryn Grant
Kathryn Grant at the
groundbreaking for the
Wiregrass Solar LLC plant:
We’re here to oppose the biomass plant…. We want people to know we support solar energy in hopes that that could be incorporated throughout the state.Here’s the video:
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.
Video by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
-jsq
“Go solar! But no to biomass” –Dr. Michael Noll
Dr. Michael Noll at the
groundbreaking for the
Wiregrass Solar LLC plant:
We’re all for solar, go solar! But no to biomass.Here’s the video:
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.
Video by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
More Noll here.
-jsq
Georgia Power at Wiregrass Solar groundbreaking, 21 Feb 2011
It was good to see
Georgia Power assisting at the groundbreaking of the
Wiregrass Solar LLC plant, instead of just studying and demonstrating.
The speaker equated solar, biomass, and nuclear.
Hm, what’s that over their heads?
Why, biomass doesn’t seem to be as popular as solar!
I didn’t catch the speaker’s name, but he also recognized
Robbie Hastings, detail manager in Valdosta.
Here’s
the video:
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.
Video by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
Georgia Power had several pages in the business section of the Valdosta Daily Times (VDT) the previous Sunday, written up on Monday as Harnessing the sun’s rays: Georgia Power kicks off 18-month solar power study, by Karah-Leigh Hancock, about what Gapower is doing instead of actually deploying solar: Continue reading
“Olive branch or smokescreen?” –Patrick Davis
Patrick Davis
wonders from Macon:
The solar plant has been part of the plan from the beginning, which of course doesn’t quite answer Patrick Davis’ question. VLCIA knows it can increase the size of the solar plant, and they seem to think that could be a good idea. They could also choose to forget the biomass plant, but they refuse to do that. Much more about Wiregrass Solar Power LLC.Is this Brad Lofton-led ‘solar’ groundbreaking event by the Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority an olive branch or a smokescreen.for the community Or an example of ‘compassionate consevratism’?
Also please note that this blog is
On the LAKE Front,
where
LAKE is an acronym for the
Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange,
which is about
citizen dialog for transparent process
for all of Lowndes County and the general area, not just Valdosta.
-jsq
Hannah Solar at Wiregrass Solar groundbreaking, 21 Feb 2011
Actually installing the Wiregrass Solar LLC plant is
Hannah Solar.
Speaking
here is
Patrick T. O’Donnell, Managing Partner,
who talks about two other Hannah Solar people standing there,
Project Manager Dave Fisher,
and CEO Pete Marte.
Here’s the video.
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.
Video by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.
“Solar energy is definitely part of the solution for water issues in Georgia, and it’s not being talked about. When the president of Georgia Power is the chairman of the water commission and 52 percent of water is being used for power generation, you’ve got the fox in the henhouse,” said Pete Marte, chief executive officer of Hannah Solar.According to VDT commenter Solar All The Way: Continue reading