The green energy lining of a storm
Dan Diehl
Storm Ciara whipped up some fierce winds in Europe last week and damaged property across Ireland and Britain. Damaging storms seem to be more common these days as the earth adjusts to the warmer temps. Although damage to property and human life is always a tragic event, I always look for the silver lining in the grim news headlines that seem to just keep coming. The silver lining in this story is one about green energy from the hurricane force winds that Ciara delivered. Ciara gave the gift of a record amount of wind energy to Europe, cranking out as much electricity as 44 nuclear power plants and covered 56% of the UK electrical needs for the weekend.
Sometimes you have to look hard and read between the lines, but usually there’s a silver lining in there somewhere.