Comments on: Four states working toward a cleaner, more modernized electric grid https://www.windpowerengineering.com/four-states-working-toward-a-cleaner-modernized-electric-grid/ The technical resource for wind power profitability Sun, 01 Sep 2019 05:00:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Diane Kuenstler https://www.windpowerengineering.com/four-states-working-toward-a-cleaner-modernized-electric-grid/#comment-618312 Sun, 01 Sep 2019 05:00:15 +0000 http://www.windpowerengineering.com/?p=47640#comment-618312 This article describes the 1950’s pre-interstate highway system we had before Pres. Eisenhower envisioned and did build our natl highway system. interconnecting roads with heavy traffic and side service roads with less traffc flows.

A national wind transmission blue print designed by Michael Skelly of Clean Line was posed to move forward as a renewable, profitable, privately funded, public electrical transmission , affordable to the public. It would have connected wind plants in natural, geographic wind sectors and transmitted electricity over one national grid.

Basically, you are lauding local energy entities, state govts. as each modernize their own turf.
This model is obsolete and as we are in a climate crisis, please open your understanding to a more viable solution. China has completed a grid highway, India, Argentina all see the urgency to provide consistent, affordable natl grid.

The book “ Superpower” by Russell Gold tells the actual story of Michael Skelly’’s journey through the state and Federal power fifedom mentality and how his vision
was thwarted. His plan is still sound. The “powers that be” lack the insight to recognize what Pres. Eisenhower achieved can be realized with a natl wind highway.

The stakes are that there is only a sliver of time window to reverse the real carnage from CO2.
Tragic abnormal weather conditions are harming and killing us now; we are suffering now.

The states are not the solution. Think beyond 50 states to one naton and think we need to buildone connected conveyor to tramsmit clean wind energy throughout the U.S.

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