Comments on: Western datebook: Meet the commissars http://chanceofrain.com/2010/02/western-datebook-meet-the-commissars/ Water, Politics, Environment, Gardening Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:20:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Joshua http://chanceofrain.com/2010/02/western-datebook-meet-the-commissars/comment-page-1/#comment-2484 Joshua Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:26:56 +0000 http://chanceofrain.com/?p=11319#comment-2484 Tell us how you really feel. I love this post! Tell us how you really feel.

I love this post!

]]> By: hobbes the cat http://chanceofrain.com/2010/02/western-datebook-meet-the-commissars/comment-page-1/#comment-2426 hobbes the cat Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:50:11 +0000 http://chanceofrain.com/?p=11319#comment-2426 Brilliant, and visually brilliant. You should perhaps be running an art gallery. Brilliant, and visually brilliant. You should perhaps be running an art gallery.

]]> By: Eric Perramond http://chanceofrain.com/2010/02/western-datebook-meet-the-commissars/comment-page-1/#comment-2419 Eric Perramond Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:35:24 +0000 http://chanceofrain.com/?p=11319#comment-2419 Oh great - now I have "Der Kommissar" (80s) playing in my head. EPP Oh great – now I have “Der Kommissar” (80s) playing in my head. EPP

]]> By: EmilyGreen http://chanceofrain.com/2010/02/western-datebook-meet-the-commissars/comment-page-1/#comment-2418 EmilyGreen Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:30:16 +0000 http://chanceofrain.com/?p=11319#comment-2418 This comment on the proposed solar farm for Owens Valley came via e-mail from a scientist familiar with the region: Here's the problem: solar panels on the lake cost >10X what they would on dry land. Note that the Owens Lake is pretty mucky and there is no way to establish the solar panels, without heroic (costly) effort..The City does not have sufficient funds for a project that would cost way more than it would ever produce in power revenues--at a GRAND scale. State Lands knows this and are unlikely to grant any kind of go-ahead other than a pilot-scale test (50 acres has been discussed). .... Those in charge of lake dust won't wait for the solar thing to play out and will begin fining the City as of October 1 if they haven't fixed the next areas that they are mandated to fix. And...the Water and Power Commission has stated that the Department will not place itself in the position of getting fined. Interesting quandary. This comment on the proposed solar farm for Owens Valley came via e-mail from a scientist familiar with the region:

Here’s the problem: solar panels on the lake cost >10X what they would on dry land. Note that the Owens Lake is pretty mucky and there is no way to establish the solar panels, without heroic (costly) effort..The City does not have sufficient funds for a project that would cost way more than it would ever produce in power revenues–at a GRAND scale. State Lands knows this and are unlikely to grant any kind of go-ahead other than a pilot-scale test (50 acres has been discussed). …. Those in charge of lake dust won’t wait for the solar thing to play out and will begin fining the City as of October 1 if they haven’t fixed the next areas that they are mandated to fix. And…the Water and Power Commission has stated that the Department will not place itself in the position of getting fined. Interesting quandary.

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