# @thespacegal on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Btll-ZoH1oX
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19515953-thespacegal-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/80136c3c97.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-02-07T16:32:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Emily Calandrelli (@thespacegal) — https://gondola.cc/thespacegal

## Caption

West Virginia gets 93% of our state's electricity from coal, but there's no reason this has to be the case. Allowing solar power in WV would be amazing for 2 reasons. (1) some of the best companies in the world have set sustainably goals to run their operations on clean energy. *93%* of your state's electricity comes from fossil fuels? Welp, those companies are going elsewhere. (2) we have the land to do it!! A 2017 analysis showed that WV has 219 square mines of degraded land - that isn't being used for anything now - but would be great for large scale solar energy production.

Let's help bring thousands of new jobs to WV with solar. ☀️💙💛
#westVirginia #letsGoMountaineers #WildAndWonderful

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letsgomountaineers, wildandwonderful, westvirginia

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