Atlanta, GA Pickens Plan Group

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Comment by Fred Fox on July 12, 2008 at 12:12pm

Response to S.F.'s "I am just trying to get people connected and I am trying to learn as much as I can."
Here is a U.S. Gov. Solar for Residential Consumers' Guide pdf download that you could hand out to interested parties:
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy04osti/35297.pdf
-f.

Comment by Fred Fox on July 12, 2008 at 12:06pm

SUBJECT: Solarizing Atlanta/Georgia...
Academically speaking we could reproduce every bit of electricity that Georgia consumed last year with basic 'non-fancy' fixed position solar panels (simply 125 watt rigid panels) arrayed in less than 20 miles x 20 miles.... I have had half a dozen people arrive at this same conclusion.
According to the U.S. Dept. of Energy... we could do the same for the whole country with an area measuring 110 miles x 110 miles...... take a look: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pv_quick_facts.html
- f.
P.S. Please understand, I am offering the above notion as an item that is purely 'academically' noteworthy (because on that level it is valid) - there are technical challenges to it that must be addressed such as transmission line power loss and storage. However, it places the concept out there in a tangible fashion that demonstrats that we could move toward solar in Georgia in a massively meaningful way.

Comment by Mike McCarthy on July 11, 2008 at 9:38am

Help us Flip that City © 2008 BRE

Comments and suggestions wanted.

Comment by Devin on July 10, 2008 at 6:59pm

Newnan,GA is onboard!

Comment by Roy H Taylor on July 10, 2008 at 5:50pm

I am located in the far northern reaches of the metro area. I look forward to getting together with others that think we can get through this energy mess we find ourselves in. While I am iffy about promoting the use of natural gas I know that there will be some transitioning as we wean ourselves from fossil fuels. We have an abundance of energy available to us we just have to start managing our resources. Wind is a big part of that. Solar is another. Here in Georgia we have 24,000,000 acres in pine forest waiting to be transformed into celulosic ethanol. While we wish that we had elected officials that could take the lead on this, we may be the ones that have to do it.

Comment by Rick B. Sellers AIA on July 10, 2008 at 6:50am

Please add me to the Atlanta Group.

Comment by Clayton Fain on July 9, 2008 at 5:59pm

Glad to see that such a good plan is being put into action. Hopefully, this is the start of a great change.

Comment by don perigo on July 9, 2008 at 7:43am

Count me in... I am very interested in taking an active role.

Comment by J. Root on July 9, 2008 at 5:59am

A friend in Houston just forwarded this to me - great concept. Would love to see it move forward, not sure how much help I can be, but this is exactly the kind of cause that motivates me!

Comment by Sam Fleet on July 9, 2008 at 5:56am

keep me posted as to how I can help, right now I am just trying to get people connected and I am trying to learn as much as I can

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