Growing a solar farm in Colorado

Are u ok?

Which is why these solar farms are such an innovative concept .You don't put them on your roof. Even apartment dwellers can buy one and buy into the grid.

One panel at a time ;-)

well you take some microchips and some water... you plant it 6 inches into the ground and wait...

Touche.

I had no idea I wanted my electricity rates to go up. Thanks for informing me!

The new ways of generating power will follow one or two paths. The first one will benefit the status quo and lead to higher prices. There will be huge solar and wind farms that generate power the way big plants do nowadays. We already know we need a new smart grid. And that will mean more money.
How about if we focus the development of new power generation where people are using it? In their homes and local communities. Let heavy industries continue to use the present system until the new technologies can meet their demands. Something like that will save consumers money because they'll be generating their power and if they generate more than they use they can share it or sell it.
Our president's administration I predict will side on the former because thus far he tends to favor the interests of the corporations in what he pushes for in polices. Love the Jon Stewart clip on Obama and the last 8 administrations on this issue

This article scared you didn't it? GOOD.

solar is cheaper!

Why would it scare me?

I like solar power, I remember when the haiti earthquake hit, some churches sent solar powered radios.

So thats cool

Not my words

to respond to people posting CRAP like
"Unlike you guys, I dont want my "electricity rates" to "necessarily skyrocket."

you're a bunch of F.g IDIOTS. You deserve to be RAPED by big OIL and coal companies, OVER and OVER and OVER.
Keep watching your FOCKS NEWS and keep thinking with your A$$. One day you'll understand.

i thought they sent bibles that were solar powered?

Keep hiding your head in the sand.

Im not saying we cant expand to solar and wind, but we cant just abandon oil, there still places to drill like in alaska.

No we need to be less dependant on foreign oil, expand our own industry in all departments.

We can't just stop all drilling but the government can do a whole lot better at policing the industry. For thirty years they have bought off progress and been the benefiiaries of untold government welfare to maintain artificaly low prices. We need to cut the bullshit and reaaly get serious about being the world leader in something other than undecaled wars and putting people in prison.

We obviously can't just abandon oil all together, I agree with that, but we need to do some serious work getting away from it while we ween off the tit.

Thankfully some understand and like the usuals, don't try to twist the meaning of this.

I envy you. This is a good thing. I am looking into this for my community.

I beg to differ. Looks like many people care. Oil and coal need to be priced based on reality and not the fantasy the market projects to make it easier for oil and coal companies to do business at the expense of our planet and health. When you add in the environmental and health effects of coal and oil into price, solar is by far and away the better choice and it won't pollute and toxify our waterways and that does benefit the quality of life. This is why community supported solar farms will catch on as well, because people are getting tired of being sick, seeing their water and air polluted, seeing their food poisoned, and waiting for this government to do what it had the power to do years ago but didn't because of the stranglehold the fossil fuel lobby has on them, and they want to have a stake in a sustainable future. And to say people in the Gulf wouldn' t be able to live this way is simply not feasible, unless of course you have information to back it up.

Why don't you find out and get back to us since you care so much? Or better yet, go to Colorado and ask them how much they are saving in electricity costs along with the environmental benefits. As I stated, the exclusion of environmental damage and health effects from the cost of oil make it look more lucrative. I honestly think at this point you have to be somewhat devoid of a moral compass to still want to be involved with it. It's time to TRANSITION. I am sure making solar panels would be just as good a job, and then investing in these solar farms to give them power would at least be a cleaner safer way for them to get their electricity and they could share in the benefits as well. Cost savings gives you more money to live. It's called PROGRESS. That is, unless BP defiles this part of our country to the point it can't be fixed ( which looks like it may occur) but then I'm sure if that happened you wouldn't give a damn. And if people couldn't live on that then perhaps people also need to not be so consumptive? Oil will only continue to keep people away. Oil is actually hurting their economy. So wanting to get away from that is actually a good thing. It isn't only about MONEY. What good is it if you are DYING and your environment is dying along with you? And with all due respect, I find people here of late who are "new" who attach themselves to my replies in the fashion you have to be suspicious.

If Colorado can do it, they can. And there are other jobs as well that don't include toxifying the planet.