Big Hot Texas Sun

Why do we keep fiddling while Texas burns? We are burning our environment, burning fossil fuels. But the solution is right over our heads. This hot, Texas/New Orleans style music video makes the case for solar energy in Texas. It was produced in response to a call from Environment Texas (an environmental organization) to submit videos on the subject. The piece centers around a song by singer-songwriter Frank Meyer, and features great Austin musicians including Phoebe Hunt on fiddle, Marvin Dykhuis on guitar, Oliver Steck on trumpet, Joe England on flute and Geno Gottschall on the big honking Sousaphone. I'm happy to report that the piece won first place in the Environment Texas competition.

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Music

Tags:

• Big
• Hot
• Texas
• Sun
• environment
• solar
• energy
• frank
• meyer
• phoebe
• hunt
• marvin
• dykhuis
• oliver
• steck
• ric
• sternberg
• geno
• gottschall
• joe
• england
• air
• pollution
• coal
• photovoltaic
• wind
• generation
• fossil
• fuels
• renewable
• power
• source
• carbon
• dioxide
• emissions

[skinnychef]

great video! thanks for posting!

[ricsternberg]

Thanks for the kind support. Please pass the link around. It's time for solar in Texas.

[yogapk]

Past time for solar in Texas! Totally worth it to let the City of Austin help you install solar panels. Should we volunteer to give presentations to other municipalities in TX about how Austin has run its solar program? Why not all over this hot, car-infested state???

[lebowskilike]

Congratulations Ric. Great job. I hope this "stimulates" the right people.

[anoniab]

It is not science to focus only on one variable.

[paxeamore]

Excellent! AND #1 video?! Congrats, Ric.

[AJFurlow]

This is a really terrific video!

[ibbumpn]

nice work Ric!!!

[raystep22]

NIce job! I would like to go solar even in Seattle. In Texas it really should be a no brainer - get those guys and gals that were building cars for GM to build solar panels instead!

[tejaspics]

i saw Sully! Cool vid.

[LadyAltheaIsMe]

Very cool! Ill pass this along!

[texann1]

Love it!  I'm inspired to go solar.