Lenny: I think your cautionary question is appropriate. I would think from
experience that the developers may be expected to invest the minimum necessary
to enable the project to proceed. This solar business is the flavor of the day
on the political front and in the past there have been some greenfield solar
projects that have adversely affected wildlife and natural surroundings in the
name of progress. My first experience was a major solar undertaking in Southern
California some 25 years ago and the natural effects were barely measured. Also,
what happens if a solar project becomes obsolete and is abandoned? What then?
These types of investments are highly suspect from the outset and largely driven
by politics, not economics and are highly subsidized by the taxpayers at least
at this point. (Think ethanol, wind power, etc.)
John E.
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