This is in regard to the Mayor’s Corner concerning the new solar panels being placed on telephone poles. Are you kidding? You are worried about what it looks like?
Let me tell you what I see and will teach my children. Those beautiful panels are producing clean, abundant, and free energy.
Imagine turning on your TV or lights knowing you have absolutely no impact on your planet or power bill. You say we are not benefiting. Do you not think cleaner energy that does not contribute to climate change, pollution, and dependency on dwindling fossil fuels does not benefit everyone including our children?
If you want to benefit financially, look into placing solar panels on city owned properties like I did with my own home. Not only does this reduce my carbon footprint and utility bill but it also creates a positive cash flow by production of SRECS which the utility company must buy back from me.
The system is costly but with state and federal rebates, the savings on utilities, and the sale of SRECS, it can be paid off in the time it takes to pay off a new car. As a City we have the potential to invest in our future the same way.
This could encourage the growth of green business and families looking to live in a town that cares about our planet.
I know it is hard to care about such abstract concepts when people are worrying about jobs, healthcare, etc., but I can tell you from personal experience I have a sense of control over something that I thought was out of my control, and you know what? It feels great.
Albert Einstein once said \”In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.\” Maybe the Mayor needs to look at those panels with different eyes.
Dawn Branton, Gloucester City
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