And would be a customer of TVA if I wasn't full solar or my own accord, there is a small bit left off here

The location of the solar farm was not exactly a good solar spot,.as east TN in general has too many hills/mountains for large scale solar

All of Tennessee solar farms are.inntue western part of the state, where it is very flat

There may be more to this story that what I remember, and will have to dig into it

that wind as a renewable would be better for that location?

They also need a flat/open area? I did hear they are proposing a geothermal plant, but I'm even less informed on that than wind

East Tennessee has lots of hydro and Nuclear power, simply cuz our rivers allow it

I'm also not sure how far TVA reach stretches to the west where large solar is very plausible in Tennessee

Propane? Diesel? Wood? Candles?

My own very rural great grandma was the wood stove and Aladdin oil lamp sort. When I was a kid she was still complaining about rural electrification. My great grandfather had enthusiastically embraced rural electrification, mostly to support his damned radio habit, by her account.

I use wood for heat and sometimes cooking (we have an interesting outside kitchen lol

I use propane for heat and some of my hot water (we have solar tubes which helps with it)

The rest is solar. Even my back up generator is propane (dual fuel, but I have a large tank of propane which is more efficient )

For the majority of our lights actually. We have a few lights built into the house, but we use solar lanterns in bedrooms and such

Lighting isn't a large power consumer

We are looking into a wood furnace

……….that those six out of nine understand science and understand that short term profits will mean very little in five years.

There's more than enough gas in the ground to destroy the natural world as we know it, and likely destroy our world civilization too.

It's best we leave that gas in the ground.

It's not impossible. France built nuclear power plants and shut down its last coal mine two decades ago.