John Farrell Talks Renewable Energy Incentives and Boulder’s Municipal Energy Effort with Tom McKinnon on KGNU
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In this short interview on KGNU’s science show – How on Earth– with Tom McKinnon, we talk about:
- the problems presented for local ownership of energy resources when federal incentives use the tax code,
- the trouble for clean energy when it’s reliant on Wall Street,
- how Boulder, CO, may accomplish something remarkable with its vote to consider a municipal utility,
- the benefits of cash payments or feed-in tariffs for financing renewable energy projects.
Click below to play or download the full podcast from KGNU. My interview starts at 6:25.