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Related: About this forumTexas City Opts for 100% Renewable Energy - to Save Cash, Not the Planet
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/29334-texas-city-opts-for-100-renewable-energy-to-save-cash-not-the-planetNews that a Texas city is to be powered by 100% renewable energy sparked surprise in an oil-obsessed, Republican-dominated state where fossil fuels are king and climate change activists were described as the equivalent of the flat-earthers by US senator and GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz.
I was called an Al Gore clone, a tree-hugger, says Jim Briggs, interim city manager of Georgetown, a community of about 50,000 people some 25 miles north of Austin.
Briggs, who was a key player in Georgetowns decision to become the first city in the Lone Star State to be powered by 100% renewable energy, has worked for the city for 30 years. He wears a belt with shiny silver decorations and a gold ring with a lone star motif, and is keen to point out that he is not some kind of California-style eco-warrior with a liberal agenda. In fact, he is a staunchly Texan pragmatist.
Im probably the furthest thing from an Al Gore clone you could find, he says. We didnt do this to save the world we did this to get a competitive rate and reduce the risk for our consumers.
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Texas City Opts for 100% Renewable Energy - to Save Cash, Not the Planet (Original Post)
eridani
Mar 2015
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handmade34
(22,757 posts)1. like...
who would want to be known as a person who wants to "save the world"? so very unChristian
and really, water conservation is only a side benefit ...meh
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)2. Whatever it takes to get them on board...
Cash it is...
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)3. Kick. (nt)