State of Georgia Relies on Solar and Inspires Next Generation

TED Talk to Follow

Yes, sir. Or should I say SIRS--the Solar Ice Removal System, which is having its "moment in the sun" where I live on our shared FoodShed Planet. The State of Georgia fully recognizes the power of the sun this week, and is, in fact, using the sun as the predominate method to clear our roads.

Here are photos (above and to the left) taken yesterday afternoon (more than 50 hours after the first flakes fell) in front of an elementary school and high school (where I walked to pick up my car, which I had abandoned and which I couldn't bring back into my neighborhood until then due to ice). I watched several cars get stuck trying to go up the hill. I saw a woman fall while walking a dog on the sidewalk. But hope sprung eternal that “warming temperatures throughout the day will clear the streets,” or so we’d been told.

Nope, the SIRS didn't melt the ice fast enough by the end of the day. And yep, 100,000 kids in my county and thousands of others in other counties are home yet again today because the roads are still icy and dangerous. Let's hope one of those children is spending this time thinking and…