Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico’s power system hard enough that, for awhile, 100% of grid power services were cut off. Not a single utility customer was receiving power from the grid. That bleak reality doesn’t mean that 100 percent of Puerto Ricans (or, well, crypto buds avoiding taxes by residing in Puerto Rico) were without […]
Entries from September 2022
Amid & After #Fiona, Solar keeps lights on in Puerto Rico (not that people would learn that from mainstream media)
September 22nd, 2022 · Comments Off on Amid & After #Fiona, Solar keeps lights on in Puerto Rico (not that people would learn that from mainstream media)
Tags: Disaster 4Rs · Distributed Energy · solar · Solar Energy
#ActOnClimate: Talk about the #ClimateCrisis
September 20th, 2022 · Comments Off on #ActOnClimate: Talk about the #ClimateCrisis
When it comes to climate action, the focus is all too often on physical actions (put solar on roof, eat less meat, and so on). These actions are, quite legitimately, examples of what we all can and should be doing but aren’t necessarily the most critical individual action. After voting (at all levels and opportunities) […]
Tags: ActOnClimate · climate change · climate crisis · Public Opinion
Hurricane Fiona & the imperative of Disaster 4Rs
September 19th, 2022 · 1 Comment
Five years after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the island is dark. Five years after Hurricane Maria and, despite billions spent (hard to write “invested”), the grid is devastated. This did not have to be. It should not have been. Between Trump grandstanding (paper towels anyone?), profiteering and corruption, (racist) indifference, incompetence, misguided thinking and […]
Tags: Disaster 4Rs · Distributed Energy · renewable energy · solar