Obama Pushes Solar Power to Alaska Town With 18 Hour Nights

Obama Pushes Solar Power to Alaska Town With 18 Hour Nights

Obama Pushes Solar Power to Alaska Town That Has 18 Hour Nights

By Russ Hepler - 746 Comments · In US

President Obama traveled to the far north to push his “Climate Change/Global Warming” scam recently.
In Alaska, one of the most oil and natural gas rich states in the union, Obama touted the expansion, not of these fossil fuels, but of his dubious solar and wind energy initiatives.
In fact, he pushed solar energy in a town far enough above the Arctic Circle that it gets very little sunlight several months out of the year.


 

CNS News reports:

President Obama promoted solar energy to residents of Kotzebue, an Alaskan town located 26 miles north of the Arctic Circle that gets less than six hours of sunlight for 34 days in early December through early January.
“I know you guys have started putting up solar panels and wind turbines around Kotzebue. And because energy costs are pretty severe up here, for remote Alaskan communities, one of the biggest problems is high energy costs,” the president said in a speech he delivered during a three-day tour of the state in which he stressed the dangers of climate change.
“One of the reasons I came up here is to really focus on what is probably the biggest challenge our planet faces. If there’s one thing that threatens opportunity and prosperity for everybody, wherever we live, it’s the threat of a changing climate,” said Obama, the first president to venture north of the Arctic Circle.
“We are the number-one producer of oil and gas. But we’re transitioning away from energy that creates the carbon that’s warming the planet and threatening our health and our environment, and we’re going all in on clean, renewable energy sources like wind and solar. And Alaska has the natural resources to be a global leader in this effort,” the president said.
“So we’re going to deploy more new clean-energy projects on Native lands, and that’s going to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, promote new jobs and new growth in your communities,” he added.
Kotzebue – a town of about 3,000 residents that bills itself as the “Gateway to the Arctic” – is one of 15 major communities in Alaska’s Far North Region that are located north of the Arctic Circle, according to TravelAlaska.com, the state’s official tourism agency. 

So, let’s get this right in seeking to sort out Obama’s twisted logic on the matter.  Even though Alaska is rich in fossil fuels, they need to stop using them in favor of solar energy that doesn’t work in order to “save the planet.” And, he’s suggesting this in a community that gets less sunlight than most places on earth.



This guy must have overdosed on Ted Turner’s “Captain Planet” cartoon series when he was a kid; or perhaps as an Ivy League college student.
CNS News has more:

On December 22, the winter solstice, the sun rises in Kotzebue at 10:12 am and sets at 3:42 pm – for a total of just five and a half hours of sunlight. During the 34 days between December 3rd and January 6th, Kotzebue’s days are less than six hours long.


In Barrow, the northernmost town in Alaska which is located 330 miles north of the Arctic Circle, there are 67 winter days in which the sun does not shine at all, according to Alaska.org.

I’m sure the residents of Kotzbue were glad to have visit from the President of the United States.  But, I doubt very much that they want to see if they can survive on solar power during the long, dark, frigid Alaskan winters.
Maybe Obama should come back then, stand out in -75 degree temperatures in the pitch black dark, and talk about solar power again.



This President must think we all are stupid!
Perhaps his voters are that gullible to believe that solar and wind energy can produce enough electricity to supply the homes, businesses, cities, and utilities of 330 million people.



But, these are the same people who are wondering why Obama didn’t meet with Santa Claus since he was so close to the North Pole!