BULLSHIT

https://www.westernjournal.com/google-apple-claim-to-run-on-100-green-energy-but-theres-a-major-catch/








uote=Morgan]Very cool

Apple says it now has 25 operational renewable energy projects–with 15 more now in construction–in 11 countries. Just eight years ago, only 16% of its facilities were powered by renewable energy. By 2015 that number had increased to 93%, then to 96% in 2016.

In 2012, it hired the Bay Area-based solar contractor SunPower, which built the 20-megawatt farm right across the street from the data center. (To give you a sense of scale, 20 megawatts would be enough to power about 3,300 homes.) Apple ended up building three solar projects in North Carolina–two 20-megawatt solar farms and an 18-megawatt one–as well as a bio-gas fuel-cell farm capable of generating 10 megawatts of green power.

WOW...

Apple says that by using clean energy from renewable energy projects its suppliers avoided releasing more than 1.5 million metric tons of CO2e into the air in 2017. That’s the equivalent of taking more than 300,000 cars off the road, the company states.

In 2015, Apple started a program to move suppliers toward green energy. Last year, 14 such companies pledged to work toward running the parts of their operations that serve Apple on 100% renewable energy. Today, Apple announced that another nine of its suppliers have promised to reach this goal.

Read more...http://www.fastcompany.com/40554151/how-apple-got-to-100-renewable-energy-the-right-way

Way to go Apple, now lets hope they bring back their manufacturing.

Reduced electric bills being a signifcant plus some of the other issues that need continued tweeking would be;

Cost
The initial cost of purchasing a solar system is fairly high. Although the UK government has introduced some schemes for encouraging the adoption of renewable energy sources, for example, the Feed-in Tariff, you still have to cover the upfront costs. This includes paying for solar panels, inverter, batteries, wiring and for the installation. Nevertheless, solar technologies are constantly developing, so it is safe to assume that prices will go down in the future

2. Weather Dependent
Although solar energy can still be collected during cloudy and rainy days, the efficiency of the solar system drops. Solar panels are dependent on sunlight to effectively gather solar energy. Therefore, a few cloudy, rainy days can have a noticeable effect on the energy system. You should also take into account that solar energy cannot be collected during the night. On the other hand, if you also require your water heating solution to work at night or during wintertime, thermodynamic panels are an alternative to consider.

3. Solar Energy Storage Is Expensive
Solar energy has to be used right away, or it can be stored in large batteries. These batteries, used in off-the-grid solar systems, can be charged during the day so that the energy is used at night. This is a good solution for using solar energy all day long but it is also quite expensive. In most cases, it is smarter to just use solar energy during the day and take energy from the grid during the night (you can only do this if your system is connected to the grid). Luckily our energy demand is usually higher during the day so we can meet most of it with solar energy.

4. Uses a Lot of Space
The more electricity you want to produce, the more solar panels you will need because you want to collect as much sunlight as possible. Solar panels require a lot of space and some roofs are not big enough to fit the number of solar panels that you would like to have. An alternative is to install some of the panels in your yard but they need to have access to sunlight. Anyways, if you don’t have the space for all the panels that you wanted, you can just get a fewer and they will still be satisfying some of your energy needs.

5. Associated with Pollution
Although pollution related to solar energy systems is far less compared to other sources of energy, solar energy can be associated with pollution. Transportation and installation of solar systems have been associated with the emission of greenhouse gases. There are also some toxic materials and hazardous products used during the manufacturing process of solar photovoltaics, which can indirectly affect the environment. Nevertheless, solar energy pollutes far less than the other alternative energy sources...

When in Hawaii it was said given their frequent weather trends they have come to the conclusion the vast investment in solars while helpful could not be the sole dependency to homes or bysinesses.. They do use what they have as its needed....Geothermal is coming on board as yet another alternative to pick up the slack being all Islands it limits their ability in what they can consider.....

Just by writing his book, Comey violated his "Oath of Office" and his agreement to keep any / all information secret or under wraps for 7 years...

He is now guilty of slander - on a sitting President. He is now guilty of - by his own words - Breach of Trust, as he made several comments indicating how and why certain decisions were made exonerating Clinton and her crimes. And he - Comey - inadvertantly also just incriminated himself. So, if Trump wants to take Comey down, its gonna be a hard fall. Comey seems to feel he is above the law. Of course, this exact mindset is what the ENTIRE Democrappic party feels like in this day and age. They all seem to feel they are above the law..................

Also, IF Comey was a valid head of the FBI at his time there, he would have outed the 11 million or so "Ghost" voters who just happened to vote Democrat.

It was no slur, it was merely a reminder to research all aspects of your topic before posting.

The Ivanpah facility is just one of nine solar farms in California alone.

If one facility kills 6,000 birds annually, then imagine how many are slaughtered when you add eight more facilities.

That's potentially 54,000 bird kills a year just in California.

Now add that to the total number of solar farms throughout the world.

Then factor in that from 120,000 to 300,000 birds are also killed annually by wind farms.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-many-birds-do-wind-turbines-really-kill-180948154/

Look at the big picture Morgan.

The problem with listening to a dialog is when you are being sold a bridge.

This guy served in the military and was nothing but exemplary, PERIOD. After serving as a public servant in prosecution, he went on to work the private sector for a top tier lawfirm. He missed what he felt was his calling which was prosecuting crime, leaving the money that went with the private side of the law.

Mueller has been senate confirmed twice with 100% bipartisan approval. Nobody on either side has ever questioned this guy's integrity, ever. He did such an excellent job as FBI director that when his 10 years was up congress made an exception and extended his time another two years, without a single vote not to.

The concept that anything but what Mueller comes up with in terms of evidence will be made up or fake is ludicrous, and anything dug up about him will not offset the facts that are dug up on Trump.

Short of this period of time where the only defense of a true sleazeball that Trump is is going after the investigators, the whole FBI, he has never had so much as a blot on his career. The rhetoric that he somehow railroaded the Scooter Libby thing is embarrassingly false, as anyone buying into it would figure out by going back and looking at what went on.

One too many times while on public assistance All of this is predicated on these women going on the dole and continuing their reckless lifestyles. I made it clear that the purpose of jailing her was to prevent her from continuing to copulate. If she is incapable of restraining her appetites and incapable of paying for the results of her behavior then she is a common criminal. If it takes until menopause, so be it. It is her choice. If this is so unacceptable the don't provide any assistance because it is unacceptable to me to have additional dependents riding my back without my agreeing to support someone else's whelps.

Your suggestion to stop fanning the fire is great, this ends it for me.

What you see as corruption in Trump has nothing to do with his love for America. You are one of those who, upon introduction, announces that you are morally superior to Trump. That's an easy Club Membership. Why what gender confused lefty would ever think of grabbing a woman by the pussy, even if were in sewing circle conversation. None.
Morally, Trump is just another man who got caught doing things every man does or wishes to do. Fuck beautiful women and make billions of dollars and win the presidency.
Kid Kim is Kowed, taxes are low, economy soaring, America First.
What's wrong with that? Hillary didn't get to do it?