Posted on 09/03/2015 2:30:02 PM PDT by jazusamo
(CNSNews.com) 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 theres one thing that threatens opportunity and prosperity for everybody, wherever we live, its 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 were transitioning away from energy that creates the carbon thats warming the planet and threatening our health and our environment, and were 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 were going to deploy more new clean-energy projects on Native lands, and thats 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 Alaskas Far North Region that are located north of the Arctic Circle, according toTravelAlaska.com, the states official tourism agency.
The Arctic Circle is the boundary for the midnight sun, a phenomenon caused by the tilt in the Earths axis in which the sun does not set in the summer or conversely rise in the winter.
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 half hours of sunlight. During the 34 days between December 3rd and January 6th, Kotzebues 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.
Did he stop by to visit Sarah and maybe do some hunting?
On subject after subject after subject...
He proves you right. At least he didn’t give them nukes. I guess we should be somewhat grateful.
What a dolt. Smartest man in the room-—yeah RIGHT.
Bwahahahaha, he acted stupidly in our 57th state!
We now have photographic evidence of bo going where the sun don’t shine.
The feckless fool on the hill is once again....a feckless fool on a hill.
I’m sure bh0 is having Solyndra flying in a couple of C-5A loads of solar panels before the week is out.
ROLF! And too bad he doesn’t stay there.
Those panels will need constant shovel work.
Affirmative action FAIL!
Well, we know one reason why Bammy won’t release his kolluge records.
now if they could save the energy of the loooong summer days for the winter, that would work.
yup, avg snowfall 40” and sounds like my kind of place.
In a place where the wind seldom stops blowing, no less...
And there are those who claim this clown is intelligent. This poor soul is proof that the Lord has abandoned America.
your town and would make it more comfortable, so screw you...................
They get a lot of sun in summer
. In winter, let them burn seal blubber.
What a jerk. I’m glad that salmon spooged his boots.
What a moron.
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