Burlington, Vermont Becomes First U.S. City to Run On 100% Renewable Electricity

[bananas]

"first U.S. city of any decent size to run entirely on renewable electricity."
Apparently there are smaller cities which have done so.
Soon, there will be larger cities, and eventually, the world!

http://ecowatch.com/2015/02/10/brlington-runs-on-100-percent-renewable-energy/

Burlington, Vermont Becomes First U.S. City to Run On 100% Renewable Electricity
Anastasia Pantsios | February 10, 2015

Burlington, Vermont is that state’s largest city, with a population of 42,000 people. It describes itself as “forward-thinking” which is what you’d expect from a city that once elected Senator Bernie Sanders as its mayor. So it’s no surprise that it recently became the first U.S. city of any decent size to run entirely on renewable electricity.

“Climate change is the biggest problem we face, maybe the biggest problem we’ve ever faced,” University of Vermont environmental science professor Taylor Ricketts told NPR. “But there’s no silver bullet to fix it. It’s gonna be a million individual solutions from all over the place. And this is one of Burlington’s, right?”

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And contrary to those who insist that renewably generated electricity is an expensive luxury that only a bunch of Phish-loving Vermont hippies will pay for, Ken Nolan of BED told NPR that the switch to renewables was initially driven by economic concerns and will likely save the city $20 million over the next decade.

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1. Enron is at it again

hydro electricity from around the US is fed into the grid.

but thru magic, those electrons
find their way to Burlington
(for a small additional fee)