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By undummy on 9/18/2011 11:48:37 PM , Rating: 3
If they are really worrying about the school budget, hand out public school waivers and see if a public school department exists in a decade from now.

Did the district borrow money or issue bonds to pay for the panels? What interest? Or, was there a surplus in the budget?

Did they calculate the degradation of the panels as it ages? Or the failure rate of the panels that will need to be replaced in 1, 2, 5, or 10 years? or the failure rate of the grid-tie inverters? or the degradation of inverter efficiency? Will there be battery back-up when the grid goes down, or will the panels sit around and do nothing waiting for the grid to come back up?

Solar power is like anything technological that you own. How long did your last cellphone, microwave, tv, or laptop last?

There are so many holes in this solar panel purchase that it isn't even funny. It was a gov't contract, which means some politicians, and their contractor donators, made a bunch of money. Some bond holders will make a gross amount of interest. And, your unborn grandchildren will pay for it!

California is the same state with 100's of dead wind turbines that were put up 10-30 years ago.

These solar panels are a boondoogle. Sad that it'll take 5-10 years for most to realize it.

It is not for the government to borrow and splurge the taxpayers money on eco-greenie projects with their bad math calculations and bogus payback calendars. Lower my taxes so that I can afford to put some panels on my own roof. But, that would make no sense.

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By Eagle One on 9/19/2011 9:06:26 PM , Rating: 2
You are right, but why would any entity invest even with only a 16 year payback? This is all about transfer of expenses from the school districts operations budget to their capital improvement budget that is funded with bonds, and is off the operational books. Thus more money for union thugs and administrative fat.

