http://hotair.com/archives/2014/10/14/video-protesters-inflate-coal-plant-balloon-with-renewable-energy-hilarity-ensues/?utm_source=hafbp&utm_medium=fbpage&utm_campaign=haupdateVideo: Protesters inflate “coal plant” balloon with renewable energy. Hilarity ensues
posted at 8:01 am on October 14, 2014 by Jazz Shaw
Protesters showed up to march and stage a demonstration outside the offices of Madison Gas & Electric in Madison, Wisconsin last week. They were pushing back against a new rate structure change put in place by the energy provider which they claim was intended to act as a disincentive to the use of renewable energy. The marchers set up camp, and as part of a messaging campaign, they deployed a huge balloon in the shape of what they seem to imagine a coal fired power plant looks like. But the key part of the display was that the balloon would be inflated using solar and wind energy. (Actually it was a solar panel backed up by a couple of batteries which one protester claimed he charged using wind power the night before.)
A short time later, the message went a bit… limp.
A reporter on the scene asked what had gone amiss.
Reporter: The same protesters who opposed MG&E for not using more renewable energy admitted they would typically plug the fan into a gas powered generator, or into an outlet that would likely be powered by a reliable energy source like MG&E.
Protester 1: This is the first time we’ve ever done it this way.
Protester 2: We’d usually use generators or they’d hook it up to an electric outlet.
Here’s the video. Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fs5v6NHTHg
