solo@slrpnk.net to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 days agoChicago keeps its New Year's resolution: All city buildings now use 100 percent clean powergrist.orgexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1240arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1237arrow-down1external-linkChicago keeps its New Year's resolution: All city buildings now use 100 percent clean powergrist.orgsolo@slrpnk.net to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
To achieve its climate goals, the city helped finance the largest solar farm east of the Mississippi River.
minus-squarecron@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoBut how would you expect that a city can achieve “using 100% clean power” without earmarking? Should they run their own, independent power grid?
minus-squarehash@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoThe important difference is that the power is allocated to a specific small subset of very public buildings rather than a municipality or even a neighborhood.
But how would you expect that a city can achieve “using 100% clean power” without earmarking? Should they run their own, independent power grid?
Should they? No. Need they? Yes.
The important difference is that the power is allocated to a specific small subset of very public buildings rather than a municipality or even a neighborhood.