Roanoke Times, 2-23-2014, Pg
1, 14: Rapid expansion at VT has increased the demand for “reliable energy” to
meet “future needs”
University looks at "natural
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VT the energy hog: 250,000,000 BTUs per hour and an additional 204,000,000 KWHrs in electricity!
VT is facing an “incredibly naive commitment” to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% below the 1990 levels by 2050! How much will the energy requirements expand by 2050? And why are they looking at natural gas, yet another fossile fuel, for the future?
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The Roanoke Times Totally Missed A Green Energy Opportunity to detail right here in this very comprehensive article what the Gore-Mann-Obama-Kaine- McAuliffe plans are for cutting, by 80%, VTs use of fossil fuels by 2050.
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What does it take to make a green-energy “reliable energy” utility system that will satisfy VT’s voracious appetite for energy 24/7/365 without Brownouts or interruptions?
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How many hundreds of square miles of solar panels?
How many wind towers and how many hundreds of square miles to hold them?
How many miles of new dedicated grid lines and substations?
What to do for energy storage when there’s little or no sun or wind?
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Clearly a pump-back energy storage system like the SML-Leesville dams, but massively bigger, are required; and where would they be built?
Clearly the New River Gap would be a prime vehicle and candidate for VT’s Green-Energy storage needs!
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It’s not clear how one would go about getting all the required approvals, litigate all the issues and gain the consensus required.
Perhaps the best and fastest path to “doing the right green-energy thing” is to have Obama use his “pen and telephone” and designate the project as a “shovel ready” job; that should do it!
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We are now waiting for the Roanoke Times to rectify this Missed Green Energy Opportunity and publish a sequel that outlines “the plan” to make VT a totally self-sufficient green-energy off-grid community that would prove that it can be done and Gore-Mann-Obama-Kaine- McAuliffe know how to do it!
Please include the costs and schedules and time-line!
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-state-of-union-no-wind-no-sun-no.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2013/12/solar-power-working-9-to-5.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2009/10/smart-power-grid-needs-supply.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2009/04/vt-energy-assessment-challenge.html
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