@RipSullivan48 You wrote the Va Green bill based on as many misperceptions as your piece in @RTDOpinions. You failed to acknowledge the blunder in the offshore wind project negating its cost effectivness, aside from location in defense & commercial shipping & endangering whales 1
@RipSullivan48 @RTDOpinions 2 There is NO EXTANT electric grid infrastructure to bring power from wind inland once built. Not a minor oversight. Exactly how soon do you think these quixotic windmills will be operable? Not in 10 years. The SMRs are not new technologies. They've long been used in research.
@RipSullivan48 @RTDOpinions 3 Light water SMRs are currently in development for commercialization and new coolants are being evaluated. This is much closer to commercialization & deployment than most renewables. Va is already involved in developing SMRs with @doescience at @USNatLabs I did research w @NREL.
4 I don't get inaccurate info fr @nytimes journos or Goldman. I've actually worked in renewable materials & energy 4 decades & have 9 patents in that area & a total of 38 patents. I spent a career inventing, commercializing & managing technology for Fortune 500 companies @RTDNEWS
@nytimes @RTDNEWS 5 I'm not sure how much actual experience you've had working in renewables, @RipSullivan48 but I'd bet you have no patents or commercialization experience. I would love to provide #Science info to @VAHouseDems but you seem to prefer non-scientific sources, unlike @GovernorVA #RVA
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It should be noted that @GovernorVA isn't just doing a knee jerk reaction on #Climate Instead he's doing what's been going on 3 decades b4 that buzzword. #Sustainability is the real goal & that integrates environment, economic, & social goals, not dreamy notions. @RipSullivan48
6. A last point @vademocrats @RipSullivan48 @VAHouseDems @vahousegop @GovernorVA is helping develop a nascent industry in Virginia, to become part of the supply chain for production of SMRs. #Sustainability means economic development & environmental goals mesh @virginia_tech
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