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Renewable Energy FREE! ISSUE 65 • April - May 2021 Feature: Celebrate the Earth ( pages 20-21) SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR VT, NH, NY and Beyond R S! EA Y 11 Energy Independence, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Living and MORE! www.greenenergytimes.org | 802.439.6675 Clean Energy Investments GOING ELECTRIC CAN THE REMARKABLE RUN CONTINUE? Todd M. Walker and Craig R. Walker ON TWO WHEELS Brett Yates What a year 2020 was for clean energy investments of virtually all Harley-Davidson’s kinds – from solar to wind, electric All-electric LiveWire vehicles to batteries, green utilities John Lyon, the manager of to clean energy financiers. For ex- Wilkins Harley-Davidson in ample, the Invesco Solar Exchange Barre, VT, has ridden Harley- Traded Fund (symbol TAN), was up Davidson motorcycles since 233.95% last year, versus 16.26% the age of 16. It’s no surprise, for the S&P 500.1 given that his grandparents For the first time, clean energy opened the dealership to- investments not only had their gether in 1947 in his great- best year ever, they were among grandmother’s garage, and the top investment sectors of any it has remained in the family kind in 2020.2 So, for both inves- ever since, steadily selling tors who caught this wave and “nostalgic” cruisers to long- those who may be thinking about The windy region in California between the San Jacinto and San time brand enthusiasts. getting in, the big question now Bernardino mountains is a perfect place for harvesting wind. “Loyalists are a unique is: will it continue or was it just a Photo Erik Wilde/Wikipedia Commons. breed,” Lyon observed. “They bubble? love Harley-Davidson’s history, As of this writing (March 1st) the important component of most portfolios its heritage. Harley-Davidson answer is mixed. Clean energy invest- today, whether your objective is growth produces motorcycles that ments continued to boom this year up to or current income (there are green invest- are constantly a throwback to mid-February, then joined the rest of the ments designed for both). Here, briefly, the past.” market in a sharp reversal until they are are some big reasons why: The Harley-Davidson LiveWire ($29,799), released in now about breakeven with the beginning • Vast potential for remaining growth. John Lyon, the manager of Wilkins Harley-Davidson in Barre, VT, shows off of the year, although still far above Jan The world has only just begun to make 2019, is a notable exception. one of the LiveWires in his showroom. (Courtesy photo) 2020. So which way from here? the switch to renewable energy. For A futuristic sportbike, it re- Six Reasons the Future Looks Bright example, while renewables (i.e., biomass, mains, so far, the only electric motorcycle in mainstream production by a green energy revolution by a legacy brand, While past performance is no guaran- hydropower, geothermal, solar and wind) major manufacturer. Lyon took to it immedi- the debut of the LiveWire marked a water- tee of future results, we believe that clean in the U.S. continued to expand their lead ately, and he now uses it for commuting as shed for electric motorcycles, previously the energy investments not only still have a over coal and nuclear power in 2020, they weather permits. domain of high-tech start-ups and custom very bright future but should also be an still provided only 20.6% of the nation’s As the industry’s first recognition of the builders. “We know there are states that are Cont’d on p.19 banning internal combustion engines in the future, so to be relevant in that time period, we have to start talking about this now,” Lyon noted. “Per mile, it’s more exhilaration than any HIGHER PAYING JOBS for CLEAN ENERGY other machine I’ve ever ridden,” he rhap- George Harvey There are a number of forces at play for sodized. “The torque curve is to the peak What a year it has been! It was just over energy jobs, and we would do well to un- of any graph, meaning we’ve put it on a a year ago that we went into an economic derstand them. First off, the coal industry [dynamometer] and we have to have people slump because of Covid-19. Many jobs has been on a decline that was predict- hold it down on the dyno were closed down to reduce levels of virus able over a hundred years ago, when the Cont’d on p.4 transmission, and we have had very high U.S. Navy stopped ordering coal-fired levels of unemployment. Fortunately, it ships. The industry could be said to have looks like there is hope that the situation peaked in 1923, when there were 863,000 IN THIS ISSUE is improving and will continue to do so. coal miners in this country. In 2017, when Employment numbers in the energy Donald Trump was inaugurated after Electric Pickups p.5 fields fell. This was especially true for coal promising to restore coal jobs, there were miners, many of whom had to deal with fewer than 52,000 left. By the time he left Solar-Powered Camps pp.8-9 both confined work spaces and a failing office, the number had dropped to about market. It was also especially true of the 46,500. Statehouses & Renewables p.11 oil and gas industry, because people were Coal lost jobs to the oil and gas indus- not traveling much. It was true for clean try, particularly with fracking making Celebrate the Earth pp. 20-21 technology as well, but not nearly as prices low for gas. That, however, might badly. With about 500,000 clean technol- not last. In fact, Morgan Stanley says that Cash for Refrigerants p.27 ogy jobs lost, well over 350,000 were the oil industry will soon be obsolete. A in areas of efficiency, such as insulation recent article at CleanTechnica said, “In Thermal Comfort p.28 installers. And in some areas, such as wind a recent survey of institutional inves- technicians, the pandemic has had a rela- tors, Morgan Stanley found that 17% of Social Equity in Building p.29 respondents think ICE [internal combus- tively minor effect or none at all, as record There are jobs to be had in renewable energy. Interior Plymouth State Solar p.32 capacity of solar photovoltaics (PVs) and Secretary Deb Haaland views a wind farm from the tion engine] technology has zero or wind turbines were installed. top of a wind turbine. Image by Deb Haaland, found negative value today, and 60% said its Farming & Climate Change p.35 at Wikimedia Commons www.bit.ly/3tqYdpT. value was only slightly positive” (www.bit. ly/3tgkdUg). Cont’d on p.19 Green Paint p.37 A SOLAR POWERED G.E.T. IT! Thank you to our sponsors: COMPANY Does Your Please recycle or Town Have an share this publication EEN ENERGY T MES Energy Plan? GR... be energy independent! ™ nyses.org when finished GREEN ENERGY TIMES (G.E.T.) Letter from the Editor 1749 Wright’s Mountain Road • Bradford, VT 05033 Our theme in our April/May edition of GET Our energy grid is growing cleaner with every TABLE OF CONTENTS t/f: 802.439.6675 • [email protected] is Celebrating the Earth. While every day and choice made to go solar – at home or for busi- G.E.T.’s COMMUNICATIONS TEAM: every edition of Green Energy Times is about nesses. Solar costs are low today and lower NEWS AND HAPPENINGS ......................... 3 Publisher/Editor/Production ...................Nancy Rae Mallery the earth and the future of our planet, this is your cost of everyday living, for the long haul. RENEWABLES RULE .................................... 3 General Factotum ............................................ George Harvey the time when the world comes together for That payment replaces your current utility bill, Coordinating Director ..................................Michelle Harrison the earth! with an end in sight to it if you own your solar. DIRTY TRUTH OF COMBUSTION ENGINES ...... 3 Copy Editors ................................Ray Brewster, Susanna Lewis At this time actions are taken to clean the Will there ever be an end to your utility bill? TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS .............. 4-7 Recreational Editor ............................................... Roger Lohr roadways, and other earth-related activities Another huge cost saving comes from mak- ELECTRIC PICKUP TRUCKS............................ 5 A huge special thank you to all of our contributing writers: – but what else are we each doing on a daily ing your home efficient. High levels of insula- Dr. Alan K. Betts, Dr. Teale Phelps Bondaroff, John Bos, Randy basis for the earth – to slow the progress of a tion and sealing air leaks will lower heating ECONOMIC IMPACT OF EVS ........................... 6 Bryan, Doug Cogan, Joanne Coons, David Fried, Nate Gusakov, changing climate? and cooling needs and costs. In turn, your ENERGY NEWS ...................................... 6-7 Jessie Haas, George Harvey, Debra Heleba, Henry Hendron, From simple things like picking up trash use of fossil fuels will be less, as well as your Victoria Ines, Roger Lohr, Peter Lee Miller, Marc Morgan, Harsh Paul, Larry Plesent, Nancy Serrell, April Salas, Joshua Singer, along the roads when we walk with or with- carbon emission contribution. Learn more in COMMUNITY POWER COALITION .................. 7 Randy Taylor, Georgena Terry, Vital Communities, Craig Walker, out our dogs all year long, to reducing your our building and heating efficiency sections. CONFRONTING GLOBAL PROBLEMS .............. 7 Todd Walker, James Wilson, Brett Yates. waste and keeping your trips to town to a Back to the earth – we hope you think Ad Design/Layout ......................................NR Mallery, PJ Fischer minimum, resulting in lower transportation about the planet long past Earth Day. 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