{"id":13722,"date":"2017-07-03T12:03:40","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T16:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=13722"},"modified":"2017-07-03T12:03:40","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T16:03:40","slug":"why-california-is-giving-away-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/07\/why-california-is-giving-away-electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"Why California Is Giving Away Electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Think solar and alternative energies can never replace Oil and Gas? Think again…<\/p>\n

“California generates so much electricity from solar power that it is not only giving it away, it is paying Arizona to take it.” <\/p>\n

One word: STORAGE
\nSelling it is one thing…paying somebody to use it is just fucking crazy. <\/p>\n

#solar #AlternativeEnergy #green #California #energy #BigOil<\/p>\n

http:\/\/bit.ly\/2tEJYCk<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Think solar and alternative energies can never replace Oil and Gas? Think again… “California generates so much electricity from solar power that it is not only giving it away, it is paying Arizona to take it.” One word: STORAGE Selling it is one thing…paying somebody to use it is just fucking crazy. #solar #AlternativeEnergy #green […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[14,480,456,132,429],"tags":[523,159,33,530,552],"class_list":["post-13722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-facebook","category-jamie-gray","category-news","category-shared-link","tag-blog","tag-facebook","tag-jamie-gray","tag-news","tag-shared"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12131,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/the-worlds-largest-solar-farm-contains-2-5-million-solar-modules\/","url_meta":{"origin":13722,"position":0},"title":"The world’s largest solar farm contains 2.5 million solar modules","date":"January 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"IF India can see the value in solar power...you know, free electricity for it's billions of souls, why can't America? 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