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Allstadt Paints Bright Picture

Of Energy-Innovation Benefits

Lou Allstadt of Cooperstown, the former Mobile executive vice president turned renewable-energy advocate, filled Village Board chambers at 22 Main this afternoon with a recitation of all the energy innovations in the pipeline, many – heat pumps, solar panels, LED bulbs, and even turning the lights off after the kids – that could be done by any of the 75 audience members.  He framed his discussion of wind, solar and still-to-be-achieved energy sources in a global reality:  The cost of bringing fossil fuels (a limited resource) to market is rising and will continue to; the cost of renewables is dropping and will continue to.    "Some people would like to change things overnight – cold turkey.  It's not going to happen," he said.  Change, nonetheless, is inevitable, he said.   The lecture was the first Friends of the Library Sunday afternoon lecture of the season; the next is Oct. 18.  (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Lou Allstadt of Cooperstown, the former Mobil executive vice president turned renewable-energy advocate, filled Village Board chambers at 22 Main this afternoon with a recitation of all the energy innovations in the pipeline, many – heat pumps, solar panels, LED bulbs, and even turning the lights off after the kids – that could be embraced by any of the 75 audience members.  He framed his discussion of wind, solar, hydrogen, bio-fuels, and still-to-be-achieved energy sources in a global reality:  The cost of bringing fossil fuels (a limited resource) to market is rising and will continue to; the cost of renewables is dropping and will continue to.    “Some people would like to change things overnight – cold turkey.  It’s not going to happen,” he said.  Change, nonetheless, is inevitable, he concluded.   The lecture was the first Friends of the Library Sunday afternoon lecture of the season; the next is Oct. 18.  (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)

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