[lowbridge]

The solar power plant takes up about 180 acres.

[sportutegrl]

I don't know where the 150 Mil came from, but if they borrowed it, at 4% the interest alone comes to 6 Mil/year, or $2000 per house per year, about 175/month per house, pretty much an electric bill in interest alone.

What do they do when it rains?

[ridesthemiles]

If I went to the bank and tried to borrow $50,000 to put solar onto my home, they would laugh me into the next state.

Only the government can find ways to squander money on the grand scale that they do so.

What makes it even more putrid is that they make bid celebrations about the event, and the highest of the high show up- on the taxpayer nickel to tell us how wonderful it all is.

THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES !!!!!!!!

[Publius6961]

Another white elephant in the making.

The $50k per household cost is just the tip of the iceberg.

The largest solar installation in the world, in Spain has several full time crews washing mirrors (lots of sun = lots of dust) and replacing electronic control equipment on the tracking mirrors.
The voltaic cells vesions are not much different.

Super maintenance intensive, and that's not free.

[newgeezer]

"Freaking worthless windmills!" --Rush Limbaugh, 5/21/09

Oops, wrong thread.

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