Could It Be In The Water?

                           

                                                   Has Everyone Lost Their Mind?

Could It Be In the Water?

Has everyone lost their mind? The grand opening of the Nelson Community Solar Garden.

Just look at all the green fools thinking solar panels at the dam would make money and save the planet.

The mayor, engineer, MLA, church group representatives and co-ops that all bought into this greenwashing fantasy.

A feelgood project that was to be fully funded and voluntary, you could buy a 25 year contract for the power of a solar panel, get your warm fuzzy feeling you were helping to save the planet.  The engineer brought city council a business case showing it would payback.  It was'nt fully funded, all hydro customers were paying, they also paid full retail for the power so that money could be distrbuted among those green gerbils who bought a contract to save the planet.  A total fraud.  While water spilled over the dam and down the river with lost profits huge profits, that would have made that power.  The only city with its own money machine a hydro dam and they put solar panels at the dam.  The posterchild of world absurdity greenwashing.

After one winter the ground mount concrete ballasts were shifting from frost heaving and if it 

continues the glass panels won't sustain the pressure as they push against each other and they will explode.
be sure to read my blog entry Making the Shoe Fit Engineering   engineering ethics?  FAIL!

Pic below shows frost heaving distorting mounts and panels beginning to twist and come together.

From November through March when we really could use power, the solar garden doesn't make enough power for one house,  $400,000.

All kinds of deceptive media promotions surrounded this project.

Reduce electricity purchases!  We buy excess water power in winter as necessary and still make a 300% profit while in winter solar makes nothing and never will, solar doesn't reduce anything, it just costs!!

Nothing is cleaner or greener than water power, the solar garden is dirty power, it adds to our carbon footprint.

This is greenwashing at its finest, the only city in western canada with its own money machine, hydro generation making huge profits and they put solar panels at the dam and let water spill down the river with the profits pretending solar will payback??????

There should be a class action lawsuit from all those duped into buying a contract.  Or better yet from all of us other hydro customers who paid for the system and will pay full retail for the power when we were told it was FULLY funded and voluntary and paid for by those opting in;.

The entire year of solar power would be made by our own hydro dam for about $500 and sold for a 1300% profit, instead business case cost of the solar garden payments of $24,000 a year for 25 years.


The hydro engineer manager who brought city council the phony business case  no longer works for the city.  We are all stuck with this dinosaur of garbage paying the remainder of the 25 year contract left and any and all future costs and damages, repairs etc.,  It should be dismantled and they get their money back and we go back to receiving the profits selling cleaner greener waterpower to help reduce everyone's electric bill.  

A testament to the power of greenwashing and utter stupidity.  Never mind engineers ethics.



UPDATE nov 2017,  Copper wire was stolen, solar panels stolen, now they are spending $12,000 for security cameras and the thousands replacing the copper wire and solar panels.  What a horrible trick played on everyone, this phony solar project!

From all the above costs I estimate first years costs at $50,000 for power the cities own hydro plant could make for $500 and sell for a 1300% profit.   The city still tries to spin and re invent and come up with the story this was a great thing.

The Emperor Has No Clothes,  Many here can't see that, or rather won't admit it.