make little or no progress..., here and/or there...
This is an odd couple of stories.
The first article is an extension of the ongoing political debate over "the grid system".
Which is one that we SHOULD address, asap.
More power is lost in transmission TO your homes, than many of U.S. use.
More so in rural and suburban, less dense population areas; but true.
Similarly, we in AZ, and most of U.S., could save more water by re-sealing our old leaking mains and pipes, than we can by damning more streams, or by re-using waste water.
THAT little bit of info is almost never mentioned.
But, if AZ cannot use/produce solar power, who in Hell - aka, AZ - can?
The second article points out the "Great Depression" Phenomenon, quiting doing something before it fully works.
We now know that most of the later and long term harm done by the GD was because Roosevelt stopped stimulating the economy too soon.
This same stupidity is now taking place in alternative energy and in the economy of U.S.
Shifting from corn and soybeans is necessary and economically wise... but, NOT continue to support the conversion of McDonalds and KFC's waste fat into biofuels is incredibly stupid.
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Arizona could become a hotspot for alternative energy, but new plants won't open without new infrastructure
Renewable-energy companies from Florida to Spain have their sights on Arizona, submitting applications for more than 80 solar and wind power plants across the state valued at tens of billions of dollars.
If even a fraction of the proposed plants come to fruition, they could bring thousands of construction jobs, manufacturing potential and other economic benefits, including revenue for the Arizona State Land Department, which funds schools. But no more than a few of the plants will be able get their energy to customers without new high-voltage transmission lines.
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- JGBHimself
- May-30 @ 6:21 PM
Let U.S. see, now..., we - you and U.S. - subsidize corn, soybeans, tobacco, cotton, milk, cheese, gasoline (it's called the depletion allowance), but we ought not promote the conversion of grease from our McDonald's and KFC's into a usable fuel. Some might think that strange.
What should NOT have happened is we allowed the corn and soybean lobby/growers to expand their already excessive subsidies into Biofuels. Those two are some of the WORST source products for biofuel. As the Pretty Lady told U.S.: "Mistake..., big mistake!"
However, IF we use the best of the sources, such as a plant grown in the "off seasons" in dry winter wheat crop rotations, we get almost FREE sources; and ALL waste fats now dumped into land fills; and develop "Algae" for U.S. to use; we can actually save ourselves a ton of money.
But, no, you like [y]our government subsidies for private businesses.
However, IF we use the best of the sources, such as a plant grown in the "off seasons" in dry winter wheat crop rotations, we get almost FREE sources; and ALL waste fats now dumped into land fills; and develop "Algae" for U.S. to use; we can actually save ourselves a ton of money.
But, no, you like [y]our government subsidies for private businesses.
Very strange, said Alice.
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Biodiesel producers press feds on credit
Biodiesel companies across the nation, including some in Arizona, say their future is at the mercy of Congress, which has been slow to renew a crucial federal tax credit for the industry.
Most biodiesel producers have scaled back production and are in a holding pattern while waiting for Congress to act, and industry production has dropped to about 10 percent of capacity, insiders say.
For six years, the federal government has offered a tax credit to encourage the production of biodiesel, a clean-burning fuel made primarily from used vegetable oil. The incentive gives small biodiesel companies $1 for each gallon of fuel they sell and helps them compete with other sources of energy, which, like oil, are subsidized by the government.
But that tax credit expired at the end of last year, casting the industry into turmoil. In April, the National Biodiesel Board sent a letter urging Congress to renew the incentive or risk the loss of 23,000 green jobs.
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